December 2011
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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“Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians.”
– Fortune Cookie Wisdom
Dec 23rd
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“It is imperative that we dream. Its imperative that you know that you’ve...”
– Dr. Maya Angelou
Dec 23rd
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“Slaves and dogs are named by their masters. Free men name themselves.”
– Richard B. Moore
Dec 19th
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Dec 10th
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“There is power in love, which knows no limitations. That, I’m convinced, is our...”
– Mumia Abu Jamal
Dec 8th
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“Black love itself, in a profoundly Negrophobic nation such as ours, is a radical...”
– Mumia Abu Jamal
Dec 8th
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Dec 8th
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3 Million Dots For Dad Son makes portrait of his father from over 3 million dots. Its amazing!
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
11 Things to Know at 25(ish) →
What you need to know to be a real adult.
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Fela's Queens Photographed by James Petrozello
37thstate: Photographer James Petrozzello‘s gorgeous portraits capture the strong beauty of the FELA! Broadway dancers paying tribute to the original Fela Queens.
Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Why Eastern DR Congo Is Rape Capital Of The World Soldiers describe rape as a strategy of war and how many victims they’ve raped. What a mad world…
Dec 6th
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Angola's Eduardo Dos Santos offers help to... →
Angola is prepared to help its former colonial power Portugal cope with its financial crisis, the oil-rich nation’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said. In my best Nelson (from the Simpsons) voice: HA-HA!!!
Dec 6th
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Who can take the sunshine NYC man makes a livin husslin that white. But not what you think.
Dec 6th
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David Duplantier and Melissa Eugene | StoryCorps →
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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“Whatsanever I play, it’s got ta be funky!”
– James Brown
Dec 4th
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“Psychology professor Gordon Gallup Jr. and student Dawn Hobbs studied the...”
– John Blake, CNN “Where is the love in R&B music?”
Dec 4th
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Where is the love in R&B music? →
One of THE MOST ARTICULATE articles I have read in a long time. It said everything every real music lover knows and feels. Such a multi-layered piece. Kudos John Blake!
Dec 4th
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“While 70.3% of all black adults were married in 1970, that rate dropped to 39.6%...”
– 2009 study from the Institute for American Values and the National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting at Hampton University
Dec 4th
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“Man I got drunk on your smell…” New Orleans police officer David Duplantier tells his wife, Melissa Eugene, about patrolling the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.
Dec 3rd
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STICKEM UP! Cool story about a NY mugging gone terribly right. 
Dec 2nd
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Insightful conversation about race, authenticity, and the safety of seeking racial identity. 
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
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