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July 5, 2011
Bishop J.O. Patterson Jr., the prominent politician and clergyman who became the first African-American to occupy the office of mayor of Memphis, died Saturday afternoon. The 76-year-old bishop of the Church of God in Christ died at Methodist University Hospital from an unknown illness.
June 26, 2011
According to its latest national homeless assessment, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports the overall number of homeless persons in the U.S. held steady between 2009 and 2010, despite the economic downturn.
June 26, 2011
Nine new warning labels that feature graphic images that convey the dangers of smoking will be required by the Food and Drug Administration to be on U.S. cigarette packs by 2012. Images include a man with a tracheotomy smoking and a mother holding a baby with smoking swirling around them.
June 26, 2011
Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. the fiery chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, who gained a national reputation for challenging corporate America for fair advertising dollars over the past two years, has announced he will not seek re-election at the end of his tenure this week.
June 20, 2011
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver is blaming Republicans for holding up job growth legislation and promises to continue fighting for a jobs bill, newspaper The Seattle Medium reports.
June 20, 2011
High rates of obesity, high blood pressure and inadequate prenatal care cause death from childbirth more often for African-Americans in the United States than for whites and other ethnic groups. Worsening this trend are the increasing numbers ofcesarean sections nationally.
June 13, 2011
Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for a crime he maintained he did not commit, has died. He was 63.
June 13, 2011
The University of Maryland has appointed Bonnie Thornton Dill dean of one of its largest colleges, Arts and Humanities. Dill, long-time chair of women’s studies, is expected to serve until June 30, 2013. She is the first woman to hold the post…
June 13, 2011
This study, that looked at annual car insurance rates for men in New York City, discovered that black men pay over $800 more than whites or Asians for their car insurance. The report shows that while insurance companies do not intentionally discriminate against black people, they do…
June 6, 2011
Six months after Republicans alarmed Democrats with a midterm election wave, President Barack Obama has shaken off the jitters and found his political footing despite sluggish economic growth and deep public anxiety about the direction of the country.
January 14, 2021
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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free, virtual program...
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