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Malcolm X’s killer is released after 44 years in prison
Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday
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Delta Sigma Theta to Honor Dorothy Height at Howard
This Wednesday, Height will be honored by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority at 2 p.m. in a public service at Howard University. At 7 p.m., a public Community Celebration of Life memorial will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest.
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NC A&T Professor seeks answers to Alzheimer’s
Since the start of her Alzheimer’s work in 2003, Goldi Byrd, chair of the department of biological sciences at N.C. A&T State University, has studied the science; now she also looks at the social factors and perceptions about health studies in the African-American community.
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White robber wears “Black” mask to confuse police
A suspect seen in the surveillance photographs was believed by Springdale, Ohio Police to be an African-American male. The suspect was actually a male, white, who was wearing an elaborate disguise.
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97 year old gets closer to her dream of meeting Obama
Thanks to Hampton University, 97 year old Florence Washington, who voted for the time in her life during the 2008 election, will be closer to meeting Obama come Mother’s Day, when he speaks at HU’s graduation ceremony.
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HBCU’s plan to strengthen relationships with surrounding communities
“We must help solve the problems of the community. There’s too much talent inside an institute to be in a community and not relate that to the community over the broad areas of economics, education and the like.”
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Civil Rights matriarch, Dorothy Height, dies at age 98
Dorothy I. Height, 98, a founding matriarch of the American civil rights movement whose crusade for racial justice and gender equality spanned more than six decades, died early Tuesday morning of natural causes
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HU medical team’s mission delayed by Iceland eruption
The Howard University Medical Team planned to leave for a two-week mission in Nigeria on Friday, but the team’s flight had a connection in Frankfurt, Germany, that was canceled due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland.