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c.2013, Human Kinetics $17.95 / $18.95 Canada 315 pages No problem. That's been your motto since forever because you've always loved a good challenge. Somebody put up a barrier, you'll figure a way around it. If there are roadblocks,…
Volkswagen put the tiny island nation of Jamaica squarely on the map with its Super Bowl commercial featuring a white man with a Jamaican accent trying to cheer co-workers. The commercial is just one clear example of the power of…
(Part 2) This is a six-part series, published in 2003. Since its online debut, this article has appeared on thousands of health websites around the world. It's posted in Africa, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Europe, Asia, and has been…
To honor the centennial of the birth of Rosa Parks on Feb. 4, 1913, the United States Postal Service has issued a Rosa Parks stamp. Last year, a stone carving of Parks was added to the National Cathedral. In 2005,…
In the Spring of 1989, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Brian Lanker, released a book of photographs like no other. "I Dream a World: Portraits of 75 Black Women Who Changed America," captured the beauty, resilience, and vibrancy of some of…
James Meredith's integration of the University of Mississippi's Law School in 1962 produced some one of American history's most memorable images. The dapper, clean- cut Meredith being turned around several times at the registrar's office, the then-governor Ross Barnett…
Freedom Rider Joan Mulholland Recounts Civil Rights Diversity The term iconoclast -- a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions – applies most fittingly to Freedom Rider Joan Trumpauer Mulholland. Having grown up in the Buckingham neighborhood of…
The role of women in the fight for civil and social rights cannot be overstated. As one Freedom Rider explained recently, "Black women rarely had hold of the microphone, sometimes because of sexism, but they wrote the speeches, they organized…
Under leadership of the Rev. Dr. Frank D. Tucker, First Baptist Church in Northwest is hosting a 150th anniversary celebration featuring iconic gospel article Shirley Caesar. The event will be at 5 p.m., Saturday Feb. 23 at the Lincoln Theatre…
Producers of the Lifetime movie, "Betty and Coretta" could face legal action by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, according to a commentary on Black America Web. The movie, which debuted earlier this month, recounts how the widows of Malcolm X…
It’s Award Season! And so far what a season it’s been. Kelly Rowland was stunning in her gown during the 55th Grammy Awards, which LL Cool J hosted, while more than 28 million viewers tuned in. But surprisingly…
As a part of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities' celebration of Black History Month, that includes an exploration of Go-Go music, the District's own Go-Go band, Rare Essence will perform following a screening of the documentary "Straight…
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