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  • Asked to Declare His Race, Obama Checks ‘Black’

    Asked to Declare His Race, Obama Checks ‘Black’ The New York Times 2010-04-02 Sam Roberts Peter Baker It is official: Barack Obama is the nation’s first black president. A White House spokesman confirmed that Mr. Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, checked African-American on the 2010…

  • 60 Ways of Looking at a Black Woman

    60 Ways of Looking at a Black Woman The New York Times 2005-01-23 Edward Lewine Ellen Gallagher dabbed a swirl of gray watercolor onto the delicate pencil drawing she had just sketched of a furry hamster. Late December sunlight radiated through the windows at Two Palms Press, the SoHo printmaking studio where she has spent…

  • Crossed Paths: Chicago’s Jacksons and Obamas

    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…

  • Still Too Good, Too Bad or Invisible

    Still Too Good, Too Bad or Invisible The New York Times 2013-02-15 Nelson George A black slave is torn apart by dogs as a crowd of white overseers savors the sight and a black bounty hunter watches passively behind shades. A black father makes his little girl crack open a crab with her bare hands…

  • Beyond Selma-to-Stonewall

    Beyond Selma-to-Stonewall The New York Times 2013-01-27 By including gay rights in the arc of the struggle for civil rights — the road “through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall” — President Obama linked his presidency to ending antigay discrimination and underscored the legal wrong of denying gay people the freedom to marry.  “Our journey…

  • Among Blacks, Pride Is Mixed With Expectations for Obama

    Among Blacks, Pride Is Mixed With Expectations for Obama The New York Times 2013-01-20 Susan Saulny The Rev. Greggory L. Brown, a 59-year-old pastor of a small Lutheran church, committed himself to ministry and a life pursuing social justice on April 4, 1968 — the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain…

  • Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony

    Obama Takes Oath in Quiet Ceremony The New York Times 2013-01-20 Brian Knowlton Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — With only his family nearby, President Obama was sworn into office in the White House before noon on Sunday in advance of Monday’s public pomp, the private moment forced by a rare quirk of the…

  • Study Links Highly Segregated Counties and Lung Cancer Deaths in Blacks

    Study Links Highly Segregated Counties and Lung Cancer Deaths in Blacks The New York Times 2013-01-16 Sabrina Tavernise African-Americans who live in highly segregated counties are considerably more likely to die from lung cancer than those in counties that are less segregated, a new study has found. The study was the first to look at…

  • We Need to Learn More About Our Colorful Past

    We Need to Learn More About Our Colorful Past The New York Times 2004-07-31 Maurice A. Barboza, Founder Black Patriots Foundation Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Los Angeles Back in 1925, American society tended not to advise young white males about the consequences of intimacy with the black maid. Even…

  • Hall of Fame Has Always Made Room for Infamy

    Hall of Fame Has Always Made Room for Infamy The New York Times 2013-01-08 Bill Pennington The Baseball Hall of Fame, the most august fraternity of its kind in American sports, unveils its latest induction class Wednesday. For the first time this year, balloters must weigh the fate of two eminent stars, Barry Bonds and…