| 07/20/08 | - City's churches offer financial advice on foreclosure and repairing credit
The city's African-American churches have long preached spiritual salvation, but many...
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| 07/20/08 | - Harlem Book Fair Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The heat did not stop the crowds from attending the 10th annual Harlem Book Fair Saturday.
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| 07/17/08 | - Crisis of confidence in the NYPD
Is there a crisis in confidence in the NYPD in the inner city? To some, the question is...
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| 07/17/08 | - Gov. Paterson condemns New Yorker cover at NAACP convention
New York Gov. David Paterson and the NAACP on Thursday condemned the New Yorker...
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| 07/17/08 | - Minority home buyers reimbursed for unfair loan fees
More than $900,000 has been reimbursed to 276 black and Latino homeowners who were...
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| 07/14/08 | - Don't Blame Rangel for His Rent
It is tempting to view the fact that Rep. Charles Rangel is renting no fewer than four...
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| 07/14/08 | - New Yorker's "satirical" cover jabs at Obama, wife
Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the...
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| 07/14/08 | - Unlock Your Dreams Conference
Everyone has dreams. Whether to be a highly paid and sought after author, motivational...
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| 07/10/08 | - Obama Assassination Exhibit Takes Artistic License Too Far
27 year old artist, Yazmany Arboleda, pushed his artistic license a little too far...
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| 07/10/08 | - Rappers and journalists mix it up before hip hop festival
The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival is an annual extravaganza sponsored by multi-media...
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| 07/08/08 | - Housing Whistleblower Retaliated Against
He has risked his life serving this country as a United States Army Ranger, and now...
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| 07/07/08 | - Harlem schools get $18 million
General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeffery Immelt was on hand with Mayor Michael...
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| 07/06/08 | - Barack and Hillary Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will take Manhattan - for all the cash they can get...
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| 07/05/08 | - African-Americans Mark Emancipation Day
African-Americans around the city and state observed Saturday the 181st anniversary of...
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| 07/01/08 | - LI Urban League set to build business-support center
The Urban League of Long Island's first business incubator is a mix of something old...
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| 06/29/08 | - Mayor Praises City School Improvements On Radio
With the school year ending this past week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg talked about city...
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| 06/26/08 | - Eighteen and the world in their hands
Fraternal twin sisters Christina and Brittney Sampson are not only first-time voters,...
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| 06/26/08 | - Foreclosure Compromise Passes
In a political move that's been a long time in the making, the state Senate, along with...
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| 06/23/08 | - Greater Number Of City Students Passing Reading, Math Tests
More elementary and middle school students in the city are passing standardized reading...
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| 06/19/08 | - Rochester Step-Off 2008
"The Rochester Step-Off Program (RSO) is a nine month program, not a nine week program"...
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| 06/19/08 | - Southeast Queens Kids Help Green Their Parks
What was once a patch of concrete just a few scant yards from Liberty Park, has become...
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| 06/17/08 | - Make Music NY Festival
On Saturday, June 21, 2008, the sound of New York City will be amplified throughout the...
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| 06/16/08 | - African American Heritage Center to open at Brooklyn Public Libary
Lots of African-American newsmakers and historic figures have taken up residence at the...
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| 06/16/08 | - Harlem: Resisting Displacements
On Saturday, June 21st in Marcus Garvey Park starting at 10 AM hundreds of Harlemites...
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| 06/16/08 | - NYC Schools System Ripped By Activists
A distinguished panel of community leaders and activists, including Bob Law, Dr. James...
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| 06/16/08 | - W.E.B. Du Bois birthsite will be developed into memorial
Alongside a hardware store in Great Barrington, Mass. - population...
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| 06/12/08 | - Civil Rights on the Move in Rochester
The Civil Rights Movement has been a long struggle since the early phase of 1896-1954.
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| 06/12/08 | - James Bernard: Fatherhood means leadership and commitment
Youth pastor of the Christian Cultural Center Jamaal Bernard knows that being a dad is...
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| 06/12/08 | - View Negro League Art Exhibit in Harlem
On view now through the end of June 2008, "Legacy of the Negro Leagues," the new...
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| 06/10/08 | - Show and keep telling--help the inner city already!
Best believe, said activist Charles Fisher, "There's gonna be a long hot summer...
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| 06/07/08 | - Abyssinian Church Celebrates 200 Years
About 450 members of a Harlem church celebrated the congregation's bicentennial with a...
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| 06/07/08 | - Harlem Democrats Supported Clinton, But Mostly Stand By Obama
In Harlem, the site of former President Bill Clinton's law office, most Democrats who...
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| 06/07/08 | - Swim coach urges more black kids to learn
When Robert A. Trotman hears the retelling of how an 11-year-old black boy drowned in a...
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| 06/05/08 | - Kinship and Identity Key Aspects in Urban League's Black Scholars Program
"I thought, 'Oh my gosh, there are other kids like me and it's not like how I see us...
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| 06/05/08 | - Laurelton Rezone Review Under Way For Residents
The long-awaited rezoning of Laurelton has finally begun its community review process...
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| 06/05/08 | - LI's African-American communities celebrate Obama
Sen. Barack Obama's smile beams from a color photo with a wood frame that hangs inside...
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| 06/05/08 | - Pols Meet For Gun Violence Summit
In response to the recent rash of horrific gun violence in communities across New York...
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| 06/05/08 | - Representative Rangel Supports Barack Obama
One of Hillary Clinton's top supporting New York delegates, Congressman Charles Rangel...
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| 06/04/08 | - Historical Black Brooklyn Community Unveils Civic Projects
The Weeksville neighborhood of Brooklyn broke ground of an important cultural center...
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| 05/29/08 | - Memorial Day melee
The most beautiful weekend New York has seen so far this year was marred by gun violence..
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| 05/29/08 | - Recession link to crime
For many people of color, this is not a recession, it's a depression, said Dr. Kirkland...
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| 05/29/08 | - School Budget Lacks Sufficient Resources for Classrooms
As the dissenting vote on the adopted 2008-09 Rochester City School District budget, I...
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| 05/27/08 | - Children Talk With Wolves
Stephen A. Wilson Jr., Founder of Talks With Wolves, Inc. embarked upon a vision quest...
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| 05/27/08 | - The Struggle to Landmark African-American New York
African-Americans have been making history in New York for centuries, but you'd never...
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| 05/24/08 | - Producers Seek Actor To Play NBA Star "Sweetwater" Clifton
Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton made history as the first African American to play under...
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| 05/23/08 | - Tonya Smith' s Lovers' Quarrels
Native New Yorker and author, Tonya Smith's latest work of art, Lovers' Quarrels, is a...
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| 05/22/08 | - NYCLU Says Rockefeller Drug Laws Create Racial Disparities
Testifying today at a legislative hearing in Rochester, the New York Civil Liberties...
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| 05/22/08 | - Pols Battle Over Foreclosure Fix
One woman's imperiled Queens Village home went from front stoop to bully pulpit when a...
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| 05/15/08 | - Principal Adofo Muhammad: an educator of principal
Bed-Stuy school principal Adofo Muhammad has worked in the field of education for 10...
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| 05/15/08 | - Report Focuses on Why City Students Drop Out
A report developed for Rochester School Board member Van Henri White says nearly two...
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| 05/11/08 | - Police Group, Lawmaker Charge NYPD With Institutionalized Racism
A police group and a local lawmaker gathered Sunday at police headquarters to express...
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| 05/11/08 | - Students Honor Nation's First African American Theater
A group of students at Long Island University in Brooklyn are paying homage to the...
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| 05/10/08 | - Rangel critical of Clinton's "white Americans" remark
One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most important supporters, Charles Rangel, repudiated...
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| 05/09/08 | - Mary J. Blige starts foundation to help women with careers
The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers...
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| 05/08/08 | - Alvin Ailey At Apollo
Led by Artistic Director Judith Jamison, the spectacular Alvin Ailey American Dance...
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| 05/08/08 | - Paterson Wants Foreclosure Action
Gov. David Paterson made a plea last Thursday morning to federal lawmakers, saying in...
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| 05/08/08 | - Protests Begin On Bell Trial Verdict
A community in conflict has responded in the last week with demonstrations and protests...
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| 05/07/08 | - Sharpton Arrested During Pray-Ins In Support Of Sean Bell
The Reverend Al Sharpton and Sean Bell's fiancee were arrested along with about 200...
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| 05/05/08 | - NYPD being asked to provide security for black woman judge
Death threats against Brooklyn Surrogate Judge Diana Johnson have police considering...
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| 05/01/08 | - Aftermath -- Sean Bell
"Shut this city down!" was the painful cry issued at the stunning completion of what...
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| 05/01/08 | - Local hero works for neighborhood children
Sonia Harris takes helping kids in her neighborhood one step at a time...
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| 05/01/08 | - Sharpton Calls For Demonstrations
"This city's going to see some mobilization like they never did before," said the Rev...
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| 04/25/08 | - Brownsville slam poet gets college free
Now here's a trick: Britney Wilson turned hurt feelings into a four-year free ride to...
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| 04/24/08 | - Support rally for shooting victims
Larry Gadson was not the prosecutor in the trial of the three officers charged in the...
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| 04/22/08 | - Malcolm X memorial near Queens home
Asleep with his wife and four daughters in their modest East Elmhurst home, Malcolm X...
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| 04/17/08 | - Rezone Effort Preserves Laurelton
Residents of Laurelton gathered Tuesday night to discuss the possible rezoning of their...
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| 04/17/08 | - Waiting for Justice
The waiting game begins in the Sean Bell case.
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| 04/16/08 | - Knick season, Isiah Thomas era end
Isiah Thomas coached his final game Wednesday night, looking and sounding very much like..
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| 04/12/08 | - Colgate Rochester Introduces Initiative to Honor Dr. King
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School president, Eugene C. Bay, announced a timely...
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| 04/10/08 | - Defense Opens Big In Bell Trial
After more than a month, and hundreds of hours of testimony by witnesses for the...
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| 04/10/08 | - Queens' Own Miss NY USA
At this weekend's upcoming Miss USA competition, Miss New York, Danielle Roundtree, who...
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| 04/08/08 | - Jackie Robinson's house not safe
Two years after breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier, Jackie Robinson settled...
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| 04/03/08 | - Local Faith Community Endorse Barack Obama
The Rochester, NY Faith Community for Barack announced it's official start up and...
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| 04/01/08 | - Council members to press planners on Harlem rezone proposals
The controversial rezoning of 125th St. in Harlem faces additional scrutiny Tuesday at...
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| 03/31/08 | - Paterson's vision New York's new governor clear about his agenda for the state
A legally blind Black man is leading the state of New York...
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| 03/30/08 | - Harlem residents blast neighborhood "takeover" scheme
Scores of Harlem residents turned out Saturday for a town hall meeting, where they vowed..
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| 03/27/08 | - Public Enemy's Chuck D inspires at LI school
He had the microphone in his hands, and the crowd seemed to hang on every word...
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| 03/27/08 | - Senator Schumer speaks on "Crisis" of black male unemployment
Chuck Schumer is not a stupid white man. The NY Senator's visit to Rochester was upon...
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| 03/23/08 | - UniverSoul Circus has hip-hop big top
Step right up ... and then get down. The UniverSoul Circus is coming to town...
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| 03/21/08 | - Paterson Takes Helm
Last week was a bad week for the Spitzers, turned out to be a good week for the Patersons.
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| 03/20/08 | - Controversy and conversation for MOCADA art exhibit
The artist Dread Scott -- not Dred Scott the slave who sued for his freedom in the famous
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| 03/20/08 | - Landmarking the Black cultural capitol of the world
People all over the world view Harlem as a living historical monument to Black culture...
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| 03/13/08 | - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Gov. David Paterson
David Alexander Paterson was born on May 20, 1954, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to labor law...
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| 03/13/08 | - Internships Raise The Bar For Queens At-Risk Youth
Southeast Queens interns in a program designed to reach out to more than 450...
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| 03/12/08 | - Black leaders welcome Paterson's historic role
Lt. Gov. David Paterson's ascension to the governor's mansion-the first time an African...
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| 03/11/08 | - Outcry as Harlem rezone plan advances
Members of the city's Planning Commission were loudly denounced for approving a...
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| 03/10/08 | - After Spitzer, first black governor in New York history on deck
With Gov. Eliot Spitzer's stunning fall form grace yesterday, attention turned to his...
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| 03/06/08 | - NUL State of Black America "Amplifies" the Voices of Black Women
Historic tragedies and controversies have marked the beginning of the 21st Century...
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| 03/02/08 | - All-black "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" heats up Broadway
When "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" was on Broadway in 2003, the marquee seduced theatergoers wit
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| 02/28/08 | - Senator Shirley Huntley Takes Foreclosure In Her Own Hands
Politicians all over New York City have been working hard to help residents deal with the
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| 02/26/08 | - Dabney, Historian As Living History
Dabney Montgomery is cheering the Giants on TV in the cellar of Mother AME Zion Church in
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| 02/25/08 | - Black Heritage Gala - Soulful and Sold Out
It was a sold out show for the 6th Annual Black Heritage Gala, Saturday,February 16, at th
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| 02/21/08 | - New York City real estate: St. Albans, Queens
St. Albans is a quiet middle-class neighborhood in eastern Queens, but just beneath lies a
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| 02/21/08 | - Transcript of full Dorothy Goosby interview
My name is Councilwoman Dorothy L. Goosby. I was born in a small town in Florida called...
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| 02/14/08 | - Attorney weighs in on Public Defender selection process
Recently, the Monroe County Legislature appointed Tim Donaher to the position of Monroe Co
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| 02/14/08 | - Huntley Takes SE Queens Issues North To Albany
In the middle of her first term as a state senator, Shirley Huntley is anything but a bash
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| 02/06/08 | - Exciting primary brings 'em out
Willie Plaza, a retired factory worker, walked out of Public School 72 in East Harlem late
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| 02/06/08 | - Super Giants stir millions into frenzy
New York was a glorious shade of Giants blue Tuesday as up to a million delirious fans wel
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| 02/06/08 | - Transcript of full Hazel Dukes interview
My name is Hazel N. Dukes. I am 67 years old. I reside in Manhattan. My occupation is a co
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| 02/05/08 | - Giants stun Patriots to win Super Bowl
The imperfect Giants pulled off the perfect upset on Sunday night...
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| 01/31/08 | - Black elected officials, voters differ on Obama
Tammy Wilson is exactly the kind of voter a presidential candidate would love to have in h
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| 01/31/08 | - Borough Hosts Black History Events
As February dawns, residents from around the borough will celebrate Black History Month wi
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| 01/31/08 | - St. Albans Church Marks 100 Years Of Spirituality
A building dedicated to worship Presbyterian-style has stood at the corner of 190th Street
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| 01/29/08 | - Is Isiah Thomas Toast?
Given the Knicks recent improved play including a three game winning streak, the vocal "fi
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| 01/25/08 | - Harlem fights to protect its turf
In recent months 125th Street in Harlem has become commercialized with franchised business
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| 01/24/08 | - Appeals Court Decision Keeps Bell Trial In Queens
District Attorney Richard Brown won a decisive victory against defense attorneys in the up
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| 01/24/08 | - From Jena to Rochester - RCTV hosts forum on racism...
On Jan. 17 Rochester Community Television hosted a dialogue entitled From Jena to Rocheste
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| 01/22/08 | - Black History - Historic reminders
Old buildings and cemeteries serve as touchstones to the early times of local African-Amer
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| 01/21/08 | - Diverse campaign strikes chord on campus
No woman or African-American running for president has generated as much broad appeal as..
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| 01/21/08 | - Hillary Clinton gets mixed reception in Harlem
Fresh from winning Nevada with the help of Latinos, Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday resum
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| 01/18/08 | - Malcolm, Martin, Medgar
On Tuesday, January 15, 2008, in honor of the official birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King,
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| 01/13/08 | - Barack Obama leading among New York blacks; Hillary Clinton still leading
White House hopeful Barack Obama is surging among New York's African-American voters, wipi
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| 01/11/08 | - Cuomo's "shuck and jive" comment spurs controversy
If you asked the bloggers yesterday, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo stepped on a rhet
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| 01/11/08 | - Will Harlem Sway To A New Drumbeat?
If Harlem were a beautiful woman, you would find her swaying to the beat of drums every Sa
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| 01/10/08 | - Baber AME church launch "It's ok to snitch" campaign
Saturday, Jan 5. "30 busses and 30 billboards is what we're starting with," said Pastor Ma
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| 01/10/08 | - King To Be Honored In Queens
As Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 21 approaches, many organizations throughout the borou
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| 01/10/08 | - Southeast Queens To Obama: Character Should Trump Race
As the presidential race heats up, and candidates trade pointed barbs and jockey for momen
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| 01/03/08 | - Community Speak Out Against "Zero Tolerance"
On December 19, a "Community Speak Out" was held, designed to give the community an opport
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| 12/28/07 | - Barron Hosts Mortgage Woes Forum
Charles Barron, the dynamic New York City councilmember from Brooklyn was joined by his fi
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| 12/22/07 | - Father found guilty in shooting of white teen
A Suffolk County jury late Saturday night convicted John White of manslaughter and crimina
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| 12/21/07 | - 4W Entrepreneur group forced to close
After almost 17 years of helping black entrepreneurs open their own businesses, a Fort Gre
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| 12/19/07 | - Eagle Academy to get new complex
Students of the Eagle Academy for Young Men will soon have a place to call their very own.
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| 12/18/07 | - Independent filmmaker offers Rochester a voice through her film
Nicholle La Vann, a local independent filmmaker working on a new film, invites anyone who
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| 12/13/07 | - South Jamaica Library Branch Reopens With Great Fanfare
The South Jamaica branch of the Queens Library made a great leap into the future on Friday
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| 12/13/07 | - Subpoenas for Al Sharpton's aides
Teams of federal agents swooped down on up to 10 close associates of the Rev. Al Sharpton.
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| 12/12/07 | - The Heat's On Andrew Young
New York City Council Member (42 District; Brooklyn) Charles Barron and other community le
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| 11/23/07 | - Spotlight on City People: Oral histories pay tribute to Muslim women
The gallery at Harriet's Alter Ego is a small, spare space in the rear of a delightfully s
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| 11/19/07 | - Harlem Battles Obesity With Flavor
Explore the Flavor of Health, a FREE event in Harlem, featuring Baby Boy star and celebrit
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| 11/14/07 | - Brizard selected as next superintendent of Rochester schools
The Rochester City School District announced yesterday the selection of Jean-Claude Brizar
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| 11/02/07 | - Foxman and Sharpton Issue Joint Statement on Symbols of Hate
Abraham H Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, and Rev Al Sharpton, Pr
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| 10/29/07 | - Urban League to launch construction training program
The Urban League of Rochester will launch a new YouthBuild program to prepare disadvantage
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