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January 18th, 2014
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Charlie Strong holds up the "Hook'em Horns" hand signal during an NCAA college football news conference where he was introduced as the new Texas football coach, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Strong acknowledged the historical significance of being the school's first African-American head coach of a men's sport. He takes over for Mack Brown, who stepped down last month after 16 seasons.
Texas and Penn State, two college football titans, hire black coaches. It is considered a historic moment in the eyes of many who have followed the football prowess at those two institutions. And the timing of the two black head coach hires is not going unnoted. At the University of Texas, football is religion. At Penn State University, they need football for redemption. So when these storied...
January 6th, 2014
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For the Braves, abandoning downtown Atlanta for the suburbs means moving closer to the Major League Baseball team's fan base and developing money-making restaurants and amenities. Team officials say it's simply good business.
The Atlanta Braves move from downtown Atlanta is a reflection of going to greener pastures because of race, racial inequities and the economic issues that result because of them. For the Braves, abandoning downtown Atlanta for the suburbs means moving closer to the Major League Baseball team's fan base and developing money-making restaurants and amenities. Team officials say it's simply good...
January 4th, 2014
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Black female characters could join Saturday Night Live as members of the regular cast as early as this month, January.
Black women will join the "Saturday Night Live" cast as a result of recent attention that the show does not have any in its current lineup. "SNL" plans to add one or two black female performers to its cast as soon as January. A representative for the NBC sketch-comedy show on Thursday confirmed reports it's answering complaints about its lack of diversity by staging showcases to choose at least...
December 22nd, 2013
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Hispanics in California have a longer history than in other states with multi-generations families.
Hispanics in California have a longer history in the United States than Hispanics in other states. California witnessed an immigration boom from Mexico and Central America during the 1980s, helping to make Hispanics the state's largest racial or ethnic group next year. While the Latino boom moved to other states in recent years, particularly in the Midwest and South, California's population has...
December 14th, 2013
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UN fact-finding mission show that Brazilian blacks suffer from structural, interpersonal and institutional racism.
Institutionalized racism persists in Brazil despite government efforts to tackle the issue, members of a United Nations panel examining conditions among black Brazilians said Friday. Two members of the U.N.'s working group on Afro-descendants said their 10-day fact-finding mission to five Brazilian cities underscored that the government has finally acknowledged the problem and has "shown its...

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