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Faced with the oppressive challenges that plagued Maggie Walker (1864-1934), most people would react with defeatist resignation or bitter resentment. Not so with this enterprising pioneer, the first African-American woman to charter a bank, which she founded to foster black entrepreneurism during the dreadful Jim Crow era. Devoted to public
Yale
(RNS) — A new residential college at Yale University has been named for an Episcopal saint who was the first African-American woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest. Anna Pauline Murray, known as "Pauli," was also a civil rights activist who helped shape the legal argument for the Brown
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Hillary Clinton is sweeping the Democratic primaries across the South by capturing nearly all the black votes — a staggering 86 percent in South Carolina. She's doing it with poisonous lies designed to stoke racial resentment. Clinton routinely tells blacks they are the victims of "systemic racism"
Massachusetts
Founded in 1958, the historic Alvin Ailey Dance Theater returns to Boston with their inimitable African-American cultural expression. The group has been brought to the city by the Celebrity Series of Boston since 1968. The performance this year features Lawrence, Mass. native Belen Pereyra, and will include several premieres in
Democrat
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jim Clyburn, South Carolina's top Democrat, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Friday, mending a rift between the two that was much more personal than political. Clyburn said Friday "my heart has always been with Hillary Clinton," a sharp departure from eight years
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HOLLYWOOD — The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes Friday, following a weeklong storm of criticism and calls
GOP
Ben Carson's campaign says the Republican presidential candidate will travel to Africa later this month. A statement from the campaign says Carson will visit three African nations on a trip slated to begin Dec. 27. No word on which countries Carson will visit or how long the trip
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Issues of race and diversity with the Mormon faith have bubbled up again after the church selected three white men last weekend to fill vacancies on a high-level governing body — a disappointment to many who hoped for an infusion of diversity. On Friday at a conference
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