In their quest for the truth, documentary filmmakers are typically faced with various obstacles, particularly when big corporations and potential wrongdoing are part of the picture. Good thing Spike Lee is no stranger to cinematic controversy!
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Posted Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 at 5:49PM
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African-American superstitions originate from a mixture of ancient African religion, Native American traditions, and European folklore.
Growing up do you remember hearing that an itchy palm means you are going to receive money soon? Or stepping o ...
Posted Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 1:58PM
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In an address to Members of Congress and participants attending a Congressional Black Caucus meeting, Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, called for a national discussion about the growing wealth gap which he referred to a ...
Posted Monday, August 2nd 2010 at 1:23PM
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Murphy PA announced today that a Baltimore City jury awarded a collective $34.333 million in damages to the twenty-three plaintiffs who were permanently injured by a carbon monoxide release at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse located at the Pier V hotel on Fe ...
Posted Sunday, August 1st 2010 at 1:47PM
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NEW ORLEANS -- Ben Jaffe, the tuba player and creative director for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, was sitting in his Faubourg Marigny house one spring morning, drinking fresh-brewed New Orleans chicory coffee and worrying about the oil spill.
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Posted Sunday, August 1st 2010 at 1:32PM
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A woman who claims to be Michael Jackson's illegitimate love child says she's entitled to money from his estate.
Mocienne Petit Jackson says she was conceived when Michael was a minor and has filed legal documents alleging an evil plot to cover up ...
Posted Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 8:06PM
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Social workers who went to meet a man listed in official records as the oldest person living in Tokyo got a shock when they went to his home - he had been dead for 30 years.
Sogen Kato was born on July 22, 1899, and died at the age of 81 in 1980. ...
Posted Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 6:17PM
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From OaklandLocal.com
June 30, 2010
Reader, upon reading this blog, you will understand why I hope never to be driven to write something of the sort again . . .
One of the fiery excerpts from Malcolm X’s Message to Grassroots (October 10, 1963 ...
Posted Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 5:57PM
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The following article contains excerpts from an address the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered on July 11, 2010 titled “Who Are The Real Children of Israel? Part 2: The Proof.”
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
I want us to see ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 8:53PM
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The following quote from Cicely J. is based on her research for her book, Black Men vs. White Men: A Black Woman’s Choice. Apparently she went down to Atlanta and discovered it was the black gay man’s Mecca. (just kidding about that last part?)
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Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 10:03AM
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CHICAGO--The blasts, heard blocks away, interrupted a warm summer evening that had drawn children out onto their neighborhood blocks Wednesday.
In the 11500 block of South Perry Avenue in West Pullman, neighbors said they watched in horror as a gu ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 9:56AM
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From OaklandLocal.com
July 28, 2010
In The Souls of Black Folks (1903), a classic text of the black experience in America from the Emancipation to the dawn of the 20th century, W. E. B. Du Bois writes--among other things--about the education of b ...
Posted Thursday, July 29th 2010 at 12:27PM
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A research study on the cause of the rise in cancer and birth defect cases in Iraq shows traces of chemical and radioactive ammunition used by US-led troops in the war-torn country.
A study by Iraq's Environment Ministry indicates that cities tar ...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 12:32PM
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From Newsweek.com--The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people.
Saying the US criminal ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 6:24PM
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It's always something,
One day the Pope came to Washington for a visit. President Obama took the Pope for a cruise down the Potomac on the Presidential yacht. While they were sitting and chatting on deck, the wind blew the Pope’s high hat off and ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 6:11PM
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CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.
Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 5:52PM
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Remember that No Phone Zone thing that Oprah started in an effort to get celebs & us regular folks to stop texting and driving? Well, it looks like Beyonce might’ve missed that memo. Oooh, you do NOT shade the queen of media!
Looks like Beyoncé ig ...
Posted Sunday, July 25th 2010 at 3:38PM
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