When she graduates from Boston University, Alexis Felix will be the first person in her immediate family to receive a Bachelors degree and will leave her undergraduate career with a long list of accomplishments. A sophomore studying public relations and sociology, Felix is a straight-A stud... Read more...
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04/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
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Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal. Hamilton's first book, as a child was "The Novel". Then came Zeely... Read more...
With a Christmas Day tripleheader on everyone’s wish list and a tentative labor agreement in place, NBA owners and union officials went back to work Saturday, relaying details of the deal with hopes of cementing it quickly. After a 149-day lockout that ultimately will cost the league approximatel... Read more...
Mumia Abu Jamal - Tea Parties And Protests As the Occupy Wall street movement gains steam and inspires similar protests worldwide, defenders of the so-called Tea Party have decried the Occupation activists as "law breakers" "radicals", and even "un-American" (unlike themselves, of course). ... Read more...
009 American science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially backed by Summit Enter... Read more...
Via: Where does the music industry live today, anyway? The simple response is 'everywhere,' because creation, innovation, and promotion can happen anywhere, anytime. But ultimately that answer is too simple, too digitally utopian. After all, great music demands great marketing, and careers requ... Read more...
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12/12/2010,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment,
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UPDATE: L-Boogie announces more dates across the east coast. After headlining Rock The Bells this summer, singer/emcee Lauryn Hill will return to New York City on December 27 for a performance at the Highline Ballroom. The former Fugees star and Grammy Award-winning soloist has resurfaced t... Read more...
This stunning censored interview conducted by medical historian Edward Shorter for WGBH public television (Boston) and Blackwell Science was cut from The Health Century due to its huge liability--the admission that Merck drug company vaccines have traditionally been injecting cancer viruses (SV4... Read more...
A peek inside stores' shopping data highlights regional preferences for certain colors and brands; Victoria's real secret. Luxury-spending data can tell us a lot about the state of the nation -- and our own neighborhoods. Take Detroit -- not the city where one might expect to see the stronge... Read more...