African Americans stories:
Elections in three states will test Obama's clout
Nov 1st, 2009 - The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON - The first key votes of the Obama era take place this week, not on the floor of the House or Senate, where health-care legislation still languishes, but in Virginia...
Deeds races to hook true-blue
Oct 19th, 2009 - Washington Post
Democrat R. Creigh Deeds is making a final push for Virginia governor that aims to do what he has been unable to accomplish so far: awaken loyal Democrats who voted in droves for President Obama a year ago but are unexcited about Deeds.
Limbaugh's Message Made Him Rich -- And Cost Him
Oct 15th, 2009 - Washington Post
The free market, rather loudly, told Rush Limbaugh it wasn't interested in what he sells. Undoubtedly there are NFL owners who share Limbaugh's brand of conservatism. A few...
Swine flu's bigger impact on blacks and Hispanics is not being addressed
Oct 7th, 2009 - NY Daily News
During all their swine flu briefings the past few months, city and federal health officials have been virtually silent about the outsize impact the pandemic appears to be having on blacks and Hispanics.
Obamas' Choice of Works On Loan to White House Reflects a Discerning Eye
Oct 6th, 2009 - Washington Post
Any decent art historian would tell you that politics lurk just beneath the surface of most art, waiting to pounce on unsuspecting owners and viewers. Tuesday, the White House released a list of works it has borrowed for its walls...
African Americans videos from YouTube:
2:59:19IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
National Museum of the American Indian Symposium - Friday, November 13, 2009 A part of the American story has long been invisible—the story of people who share African American and Native American ancestry. Over centuries, African American and Native people came together ...
7:35African American Library At The Gregory School Celebration
African American Library at the Gregor School located at 1300 Victor Street in Houston, Texas 77019 is the newest of three special collections operated by the Houston Public Library. The first library of its kind in Houston, aind one of the few African American libraries in the country ...
3:20Should African Americans be given reparations for slavery?
cnn youtube democratic debate question. Will Americans give reparations for slavery?
3:07African American Stereotypes
a short film to educate people on some typical stereotypes of African Americans
African Americans from WikiPedia:
Since 1977, in an attempt to keep up with changing social opinion, the United States government officially classified black people (revised to black or African American in 1997) as A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Other Federal offices, such as the United States Census Bureau, adheres to the OMB standards on race in its data collection and tabulations efforts. In preparation for the United States 2010 Census, a marketing and outreach plan, called 2010 Census Integrated Communications Campaign Plan (ICC) recognized and defined African Americans as black people born in the United States.
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