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Joe Biden's "Vice President During Covid-19" Gaffe Draws Backlash
US President Joe Biden made another apparent gaffe during his speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on Sunday.
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Kareena Kapoor's Fangirl Moment Over Zendaya's Red Carpet Look Is All Of Us: "Ufffff"
Zendaya also shared lovely photos of herself posing in her green and black vintage Versace gown for the NAACP Image Awards
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Too Close For Comfort? Row After Actor Kisses Beyonce At Award Function
Megastar Beyonce and former US vice president Joe Biden found themselves on opposite sides of a heated debate over personal space Monday, sending social media into fits over how close is too close.
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Donald Trump 'Cannot Become President': Hillary Clinton
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called on venerable civil-rights group the NAACP on Monday to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in his bid for the White House.
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Death Reignites Hard Questions For Minnesota Black
For many leaders in Minnesota's black community, the dropping of a federal investigation and no charges being filed after a black man was killed by Minneapolis police in November was reason to question whether months of work to repair racial disparities and police-community relations had paid off.
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#OscarsSoWhite Debate Scores Big at the NAACP Image Awards
Director Spike Lee, who has said that he will not attend the Oscars, scheduled to be held on February 28, as part of a boycott to protest the lack of diversity in the major acting categories, was seen applauding singer John Legend for his emotional speech about racism. ""We don't have to ask for acceptance from anyone," said Taraji P Henson
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Florida Woman Dies After Being Kicked Out Of Hospital In Handcuffs
Barbara Dawson was just steps away from the entrance to Calhoun Liberty Hospital when she collapsed.
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Julian Bond, Famed US Civil Rights Activist, Dies Aged 75
Julian Bond, a US civil rights activist and the former board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), died today at the age of 75.
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American Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dead at 75
US civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two decades, died on Saturday aged 75.
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US Black Rights Group Embarks on Alabama-to-Washington March
Activists from the NAACP, America's oldest and largest civil rights group, embarked this weekend on a month-and-a-half long march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, DC, to focus national attention on issues of racial injustice.
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'Black' Activist Rachel Donezal Resigns Helm of US Civil Rights Group
A US civil rights activist resigned today from the leadership of a leading African American advocacy group, amid a "firestorm" over allegations that she was a white person who masqueraded for years as black.
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Sister must donate kidney to get out of US jail
A Mississippi woman must donate her kidney to her sister as a condition for their early release from jail after serving 16 years for an armed robbery that netted 11 dollars.Jamie and Gladys Scott became symbols of the heavy-handed sentences handed to African Americans and the influential civil rights group NAACP engaged in a long-standing campaign ...
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Shirley Sherrod gets biggest 'I'm sorry' from Obama
Flooded with apologies from everywhere, Shirley Sherrod got the biggest "I'm sorry" of all Thursday -- from a contrite President Barack Obama, who personally appealed to the ousted worker to come back. (Buzz on Twitter)Sherrod, who was forced to resign on Monday because of racial comments she made at an NAACP gathering, was asked by Obama to rejoin...
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Joe Biden's "Vice President During Covid-19" Gaffe Draws Backlash
US President Joe Biden made another apparent gaffe during his speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on Sunday.
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Kareena Kapoor's Fangirl Moment Over Zendaya's Red Carpet Look Is All Of Us: "Ufffff"
Zendaya also shared lovely photos of herself posing in her green and black vintage Versace gown for the NAACP Image Awards
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Too Close For Comfort? Row After Actor Kisses Beyonce At Award Function
Megastar Beyonce and former US vice president Joe Biden found themselves on opposite sides of a heated debate over personal space Monday, sending social media into fits over how close is too close.
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Donald Trump 'Cannot Become President': Hillary Clinton
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called on venerable civil-rights group the NAACP on Monday to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in his bid for the White House.
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Death Reignites Hard Questions For Minnesota Black
For many leaders in Minnesota's black community, the dropping of a federal investigation and no charges being filed after a black man was killed by Minneapolis police in November was reason to question whether months of work to repair racial disparities and police-community relations had paid off.
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#OscarsSoWhite Debate Scores Big at the NAACP Image Awards
Director Spike Lee, who has said that he will not attend the Oscars, scheduled to be held on February 28, as part of a boycott to protest the lack of diversity in the major acting categories, was seen applauding singer John Legend for his emotional speech about racism. ""We don't have to ask for acceptance from anyone," said Taraji P Henson
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Florida Woman Dies After Being Kicked Out Of Hospital In Handcuffs
Barbara Dawson was just steps away from the entrance to Calhoun Liberty Hospital when she collapsed.
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Julian Bond, Famed US Civil Rights Activist, Dies Aged 75
Julian Bond, a US civil rights activist and the former board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), died today at the age of 75.
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American Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dead at 75
US civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two decades, died on Saturday aged 75.
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US Black Rights Group Embarks on Alabama-to-Washington March
Activists from the NAACP, America's oldest and largest civil rights group, embarked this weekend on a month-and-a-half long march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, DC, to focus national attention on issues of racial injustice.
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'Black' Activist Rachel Donezal Resigns Helm of US Civil Rights Group
A US civil rights activist resigned today from the leadership of a leading African American advocacy group, amid a "firestorm" over allegations that she was a white person who masqueraded for years as black.
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Sister must donate kidney to get out of US jail
A Mississippi woman must donate her kidney to her sister as a condition for their early release from jail after serving 16 years for an armed robbery that netted 11 dollars.Jamie and Gladys Scott became symbols of the heavy-handed sentences handed to African Americans and the influential civil rights group NAACP engaged in a long-standing campaign ...
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Shirley Sherrod gets biggest 'I'm sorry' from Obama
Flooded with apologies from everywhere, Shirley Sherrod got the biggest "I'm sorry" of all Thursday -- from a contrite President Barack Obama, who personally appealed to the ousted worker to come back. (Buzz on Twitter)Sherrod, who was forced to resign on Monday because of racial comments she made at an NAACP gathering, was asked by Obama to rejoin...
