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MIAMI - The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law." The Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced Saturday that…
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold assets worth between nearly $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million, according to financial disclosure reports released Tuesday by the White House. The documents show the couple's assets for last…
Black women are making the most significant gains in employment but still lag behind Whites, according to the Labor Department. The most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the unemployment rate for Black women,…
Chuck Brown, the legendary musician and pioneer of Go-Go, has died at the age of 75. His passing was confirmed late Wednesday by his daughter, KK Brown. Brown, who was widely revered as D.C.'s "Godfather of Go-Go," had been hospitalized…
Right on the heels of North Carolina becoming the 31st state in the Union to pass a ban on homosexual marriage, President Barack Obama announced his support of matrimony between same sex couples. The president's public support of same…
Hundreds of community, civil rights and social justice leaders met in New Orleans recently with the support of a philanthropic foundation to facilitate a dialogue on how to repair American's racial wounds. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, based in Battle…
DALLAS -- For two decades, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for Democrats in her signature bright blazer and multicolored scarf. Now the first black woman to represent North Texas in Congress faces serious opposition in…
TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida A&M University's famed marching band is being suspended for at least one more school year as officials try to cleanse the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major, the school's president…
In what could be considered a watershed moment in the world's 30-year fight against HIV, U.S. government advisors recommended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) give the go-ahead to a drug that has been shown to be effective in preventing…
The Rev. Al Sharpton, president of National Action Network (NAN), along with Julian Bond, NAACP chairman emeritus, and other civil rights leaders has released this open letter in support of President Barack Obama's stance on same-sex marriage: Dr. Martin Luther King,…
A Chicago jury found William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law, guilty Friday on three counts of first-degree murder and four other counts related to the 2008 slayings of the entertainer's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. He will be sentenced to…
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