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Celebration encourages youth to remember black history
brossi@jessaminejournal.comSing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. — “Lift Every Voice and Sing,&...Tags: Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, Music, Black History
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Two suspects arrested in death of Malcolm Shabazz in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Two waiters at a downtown Mexico City bar have been arrested and identified by prosecutors here as the “likely killers” of Malcolm Shabazz. The grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, Shabazz was beaten to death...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System, Lawyers, Mexico, Mexico City
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Mexico's 'Popo' volcano spews ash, molten rock
MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials are preparing evacuation routes and shelters for tens of thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, a giant volcano 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. "Popo," as the volcano is known, has displayed a...
Tags: Government, Human Rights, Politics, Volcanoes, Mexico
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Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, is slain in Mexico
MEXICO CITY -- Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, has been beaten to death in Mexico City, his battered body dumped near the famed Plaza Garibaldi, in what may have been a robbery gone wrong, police said Friday. News...Tags: Politics, U.S. Embassy, New York City, Activism, Mexico
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Tribeca 2013: In 'Trials of Muhammad Ali,' a counterpoint to '42'
NEW YORK--When a championship boxer like Muhammad Ali felt disrespected by another fighter, he might have been expected to do what most boxers would: knock his opponent's lights out. But the icon took a different route when faced with a rival he...Tags: Film Festivals, Separation of Church and State, Religion and Belief, Rashied Ali, Cannes Film Festival
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The signature shot and its creator
You know the shot. Spike Lee has made it his signature visual flourish: the moment when a character (sometimes two, though usually one, isolated in a state of transcendence) appears to be floating through a room or down a sidewalk, reckoning with his or...
Tags: Entertainment, U.S. Army, France, Movies, Racism
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At 5-4, point guard carries sky-high dreams
Jaleesa Armstrong grew up with the sound of her three older brothers constantly bouncing their basketballs throughout the family's Englewood neighborhood home. The sound — which was different on the living room carpeting; different on the...
Tags: College Basketball, Southern Illinois University, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Women's National Basketball Association
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As 'Mad Men' moves into 1968, Matt Weiner talks history
“Mad Men” returned to AMC Sunday night with a premiere that was criticized by some for being too slow – perhaps a touch ironic, given that the episode saw Don Draper and his colleagues ringing in 1968, a year that was anything but...
Tags: Richard Speck, Columbia University, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Assassinations, Arrested Development (tv program)
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50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide
In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...
Tags: Roland Burris, Carol Moseley Braun, U.S. Army, Marshall Field, Music
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‘Trance’: See Danny Boyle’s new thriller early, free in Anaheim
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“Trance,” the latest film from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”), doesn't open in theaters until April 5, but Hero ...... -
Jackson Jr.'s 'promise' turns pitiful
Even by the jaded standards of Illinois politics, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s spending spree with his campaign cash sounds breathtakingly shameless, partly because it sounds so senseless. Back in the early 1980s, his father, the Rev. Jesse L....
Tags: Government, Bipolar Disorder, Sandi Jackson, Chicago Elections, Elections
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How much weight does Jesse Jackson Jr.'s illness deserve in the scales of justice?
If you think that Jesse Jackson Jr.'s mental illness explains away all his bad behavior, you may need treatment for an excessively mushy heart. If you think his mental illness explains absolutely nothing, you are suffering from a heart made of nails....
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Michael Jackson, Mental Illness, Mayo Clinic, Jesse Jackson, Jr.
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