HORRIFIC!!!!!
''Not since the days of the Spanish Inquisition has there been such a frightful fate meted out to any man.'' -Observer
The lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas on Feb. 1, 1893. Smith was accused of the murder of a 4-year old g ...
Posted Saturday, August 31st 2013 at 1:10AM
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(CNN) -- Declaring himself "war-weary" but determined to hold Syria accountable for using banned chemical weapons, President Barack Obama said Friday he was considering a limited response to what U.S. intelligence assessed with "high confidence" as a ...
Posted Friday, August 30th 2013 at 7:58PM
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In the run-up to the U.S. military and its allies bombing key targets in Libya in 2011, Marines and sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit floated off the coast on Navy ships, waiting for orders. It didn’t take long for them to come.
Four ...
Posted Friday, August 30th 2013 at 7:18PM
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The Long Beach Martin Luther King Center -- shuttered for months by superstorm Sandy -- is expected to reopen Saturday.
The 33-year-old community center, which sustained 2 feet of flooding and lost its heating systems, kitchen and bathrooms in Sandy ...
Posted Friday, August 30th 2013 at 7:05PM
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It’s less than 24 hours until Budweiser’s Made In America Festival takes over Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and Jay Z drops his Made In America documentary.
The two-minute trailer features footage from last year’s festival. There a ...
Posted Friday, August 30th 2013 at 6:40PM
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I’ve always respected Jamie Foxx. Not only is he extremely talented in a multitude of arenas, he also understands the depth of personal power that celebrities have at their fingertips. From what I’ve heard both in public and behind the scenes, I c ...
Posted Friday, August 30th 2013 at 4:39PM
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Thousands of marchers gathered on Washington's national mall on Wednesday to commemorate civil rights leader Martin Luther King's famous "I have a dream" speech 50 years ago as activists said his goal of racial harmony remains elusive.
Remarks fro ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 4:05PM
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It was August 1963 in Hartford, Connecticut. I was 24 years old. I was a mom. I was white. I had heard about the March—everyone had—and I knew I had to go. I wanted to be part of the movement, I wanted to help make a statement.
The morning of Augu ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 3:57PM
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NO EXCUSES!!!!!!
Develop economic empowerment strategies.
PRACTICAL #SOLUTIONS FOR THE #BLACK COMMUNITY
A. Spend money with Black businesses
http://www.blackownedbiz.com/directory - Black Business Directory
http://aroundthewayapp.com/ - Black ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 4:48AM
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What's the polar opposite of a smash and grab?
Surveillance video from a recently opened store on Route 23 is making the rounds after a group of young men entered after closing time, taking a number of goods before — well, paying for them and leav ...
Posted Wednesday, August 28th 2013 at 12:53AM
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United States intelligence officials are convinced the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against rebels last week, and are building their case for military action without putting troops on the ground. NBC's Richard Engel reports.
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Posted Tuesday, August 27th 2013 at 11:32AM
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I had a great day today 14 Large Mouth Bass on our private lake around the block from my house ... I've been to this lake 3 times for a total of 53 bass... had to share this picture a basket full of fish! Yes I am enjoying life ! ...
Posted Tuesday, August 27th 2013 at 3:18AM
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