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Margaret Burroughs, Founder of African American Museum, Died
The 93-year-old founder of America’s foremost museum of African American history has died in her Chicago home. Today, the museum stands as both the oldest and largest collection of African American cultural artifacts in the country.
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President Obama becomes first sitting US president to publish a children’s book
President Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first sitting US president to publish a book for children when he released Of Thee I Sing, a tribute to 13 ground-breaking Americans whose traits he sees in his own two children.
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[Video] Tim Wise predicts “Tea Party” will soon die of natural causes
“In the Pantheon of American history, conservative old white people have pretty much always been the bad guys; The folks unwilling to share the category of American with others on equal terms.”
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HBCU Alum becomes first African American chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court
Rodrick L. Ireland grew up without exceptional means and at one point, a guidance counselor said he had a future as an auto mechanic, but he was surrounded by a close-knit family and community that pushed him to excel
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First Somali-American to hold public office in Minnesota
“I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the people who came before us,” Samatar said. “We are part of the new African-American community in the state of Minnesota.”
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First African American spacewalker to speak in Dubai
Few speakers are better qualified in terms of both medicine and being in remote places than Dr Bernard Harris Jr. – the first African-American to walk in space and a man who has flown more than seven million miles as a NASA astronaut
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No African Americans elected to U.S. Senate
Despite record election achievements by African-Americans in the House, the United States Senate will not have an African-American in its ranks.
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White man gets 9 years for burning down an African-American church
A white man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for burning down a predominately African-American church in Springfield, Mass., the day after Barack Obama won the presidential election.