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  • UWI lecturer on 2011 census: Mixed-race figures can change voting pattern in T&T Guardian Media Trinidad & Tobago Guardian Online 2013-02-22 Raphael John-Lall The view that there is race-based voting in T&T is a mere “illusion,” says Dr Fuad Khan, Minister of Health and UNC MP for the Barataria/San Juan constituency. “We do not have…

  • US stopping use of term ‘Negro’ for census surveys The Associated Press 2013-02-25 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial…

  • Crossed Paths: Chicago’s Jacksons and Obamas The New York Times 2013-02-24 Jodi Kantor and Monica Davey When Barack and Michelle Obama were married in Chicago two decades ago, Santita Jackson, a daughter of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, sang at their wedding. When Mr. Obama ran for his first national office, he made sure he was…

  • Japanese Officer Slain San Francisco Call Volume 113, Number 107 1913-03-17 page 3, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection Los Angeles Half-caste Policeman Is Murdered in “Little Tokyo” LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Tom Fushiyama White, a half-caste Japanese, who had been connected with the Los Angeles police force for half a dozen years, was found…

  • Mingling of Races Becoming Too Common Stark County Democrat 1902-02-18 (Weekly Edition) page 3, columns 4-5 Source: Library of Congress: Chronicling America Staff Correspondent Ohio Legislator Will Introduce a New Law Against Miscegenation–More Canal Legislation Is Proposed Columbus. Feb. 17.—A bill which will prevent miscegenation will shortly be introduced in the legislature by Representative Denune,…

  • Native American Roots in Black America Run Deep Indian Voices 2013-02-04 David A. Love Do you have Indian in your family? That’s a common question asked in the black community. Many African- Americans lay claim to Native American ancestry, and yet very few blacks have taken the steps to research this part of the history,…

  • The Color Question Like Banquo’s Ghost The Indianapolis Recorder: A Weekly Newspaper Devoted the to Best Interest of the Negroes Saturday, 1910-05-07 page 1, column 3 Source: Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis: University Library: Program of Digital Scholarship There Is Virtue In Being a Full Blood Negro—Louisiana Supreme Court Makes Important Ruling. According to a decision…

  • A large and representative audience was present at the recent meeting of the Boston Literary and Historical association to hear an address by John C. Minkins, editor of the Providence (R. I.) Evening News, on miscegenation and the fight for race purity.

  • CNN Joins Forces with Soledad O’Brien’s New Production Company Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-02-21 Starfish Media Group Will Produce Specials and Documentaries for CNN   CNN is entering into a production and distribution agreement with critically-acclaimed journalist Soledad O’Brien, whose new production company will produce long-form programming specials for the network it was announced today…

  • The Stigma of Privilege: Racial Identity and Stigma Consciousness Among Biracial Individuals Race and Social Problems Volume 5, Issue 1 (March 2013) pages 41-56 DOI: 10.1007/s12552-012-9083-5 Leigh S. Wilton Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Julie A. Garcia, Associate Professor…