Billie Holiday statue rededicated 50 years after her death
1:56 PM on 07/17/2009
On the 50th anniversary of Holiday's death, a Baltimore statue of the jazz icon now bears images evoking the anti-racism message of "Strange Fruit".
Maddow and Buchanan have it out on affirmative action
By theGrio
12:20 PM on 07/17/2009
On Thursday's edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan and host Maddow came head to head on affirmative action. Buchanan was invited to elaborate on a column in which he claimed that white conservatives "are the folks......
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Republican suggests Obama may have been aborted if it were free
12:15 PM on 07/17/2009
Yesterday on the house floor, Republican Representative Todd Tiahrt made a case against using public funds for abortions. He feared that with publicly funded abortions young impoverished mothers would be encouraged to terminate their pregnancies. "If you think of it...
Black man addresses city council in KKK garb
By theGrio
11:20 AM on 07/17/2009
Los Angeles City Council members walked out after a man in a Ku Klux Klan outfit refused to remove his hood Wednesday during a public comments period. Councilman Dennis Zine asked the man, identified as Michael Hunt, twice to remove the hood...
NAACP stays on mission, looks to future
By theGrio
9:00 AM on 07/17/2009
As the 100th NAACP Conference wrapped up, theGrio took a look at the organization to examine how it is working to bridge its longstanding mission while staying engaged with the next generation of civil rights leaders.
NBA star arrested for writing a million dollars worth of bad checks
8:06 AM on 07/17/2009
A warrant was issued for the arrest of former NBA star Antoine Walker on Tuesday on criminal charges stemming from $822,500 in gambling debts. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Tobiasson signed the warrant, a court clerk said. Walker was accused of three felony counts of writing bad checks...
First black administrator of NASA confirmed
3:40 PM on 07/16/2009
The Senate confirmed on Wednesday retired astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden as administrator of NASA, just in time for the space agency's 40th anniversary celebrations of man's first steps on the moon...
Friday, July 17, 2009
Black News from Thegrio – 7/16/09
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