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The size and prestige of the crowd gathering gathering on Tuesday to remember former South African President Nelson Mandela could rival the draw of past state funerals for some of th ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 11:15PM
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The comparisons are perhaps inevitable. President Barack Obama and former South African leader Nelson Mandela each served as their nation’s first black president, living symbols of struggles to overcome deep-seated racial tensions. Each was awarded t ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 9:42PM
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Young, Gifted & Black Series By Taki S. Raton
For those of you who may have taken a breath upon reading this headline, please be mindful that this feature is reflective of what has become a common norm for African American and global youth profile ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 9:10PM
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During the cold war America backed the oppressive South African government as a bulwark against Communism.Nelson Mandela's enduring legacy will always be the abolition of apartheid in South Africa.
It's hard to imagine that during the height ...
Posted Monday, December 9th 2013 at 9:03PM
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The government has racked up a $231 billion budget deficit for the first two months of the new fiscal year, but that's down $61 billion from last year's figures, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
The CBO's fin ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 10:02PM
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Video: Maya Angelou’s moving tribute poem to Mandela
BY VALERIE STRAUSS
December 7 at 2:31 pm
Here is a poem that Maya Angelou wrote and delivered as a tribute to the great Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95.
Watch it. It is worth ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 9:23PM
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CNN) -- A South Carolina sheriff is refusing to lower the American flag in tribute to Nelson Mandela, saying the honor should be reserved for American citizens.
President Barack Obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff for the international icon un ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 8:59PM
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The words you speak should heal not harm, encourage not belittle, build up not destroy. Speak life to yourself first then to others....The sound of truth is rewarding when you don't fear change.#WatchYourMouth!
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Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 7:07PM
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Every once in a very great while, we get these people who rise above the confines of self. Nelson Mandela, who died last week at the age of 95, was one of those. He navigated his life by the polestar not of self, but of freedom and in so doing, becam ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 2:01PM
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THAT BOY CAN BARK UP A STORM , HE SHOWS REAL HEART ,,,BUT OHHH BOY WHEN YOU CONFRONT HIM ,,WELL SEE FOR YOURSELF ,,,,! 1 MIN IS AL IT TAKES !!! ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 6:10AM
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THANK GOD for Nelson Mandela being dropped into hell! Westboro Baptist Church booking fl ...
Posted Sunday, December 8th 2013 at 12:23AM
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WTFHey, more “workplace violence” that we’re told has nothing to do with Islam.
Ah, the loving and peaceful ways of Islam. As I’ve told you, there is a strong racist component to Arab and Muslim life (they call Blacks, “abed” (slave) and “abeed” ...
Posted Saturday, December 7th 2013 at 12:04AM
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