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    May 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply

    We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans.
    We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...

    Tags: Students, Justice System, American Enterprise Institute, Judges, University of Georgia

    2. May 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?

    I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop generation, I had to stop and read the story immediately.
    I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...

    Tags: Students, Dillard University, Colleges and Universities, Music Industry, Morehouse College

    3. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Nevada lawmaker surprised himself by coming out on Senate floor

    LAS VEGAS – Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson says he didn’t plan to come out of the closet as a gay man before the entire state Senate, and the nation, this week. It just worked out that way.
    LAS VEGAS – Nevada state Sen. Kelvin Atkinson says he didn’t plan to come out of the closet as a gay man before the entire state Senate, and the nation, this week. It just worked out that way. The 44-year-old Democrat, who represents North...

    Tags: Marriage, Family, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics

    4. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Donald Byrd dies at 80; jazz trumpeter was a funk-fusion experimenter

    Jazz trumpeter and band leader Donald Byrd, whose clean, elegant phrasing made his reputation in the 1950s and '60s before he began experimenting in the '70s and '80s with jazz-funk-R&B fusions on discs such as "Black Byrd" and "Thank You ... for F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life)," has died at age 80.
    Jazz trumpeter and band leader Donald Byrd, whose clean, elegant phrasing made his reputation in the 1950s and '60s before he began experimenting in the '70s and '80s with jazz-funk-R&B fusions on discs such as "Black Byrd" and "Thank You ... for F.U.M.L....

    Tags: Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Music, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane

    5. Feb 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir

    Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first of the presidents who succeeded Lincoln to accomplish anything of consequence to redress the injustices that black Americans continued to suffer long after their emancipation.
    Presidents Day, which falls between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the contributions of those presidents. But here's a nomination for another president worth remembering on this long weekend: Harry Truman, the first...

    Tags: Social Issues, Elections, White House, Justice System, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    6. Feb 11, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Complete

  6. Donald Byrd dies at 80; jazz musician and educator

    Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit jazz-funk fusion records such as "Black Byrd," has died. He was 80. He...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Freedom of the Press, Music Industry, Detroit Free Press, Sonny Rollins

    7. Jan 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Inauguration 2013: Rev. Jeremiah Wright calls on Obama to promote peace

    WASHINGTON — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the president’s former pastor whose sermons touched off a firestorm in the 2008 political campaign, urged Monday that President Obama heed the words of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and transform the country into the world’s “No. 1 purveyor of peace.”
    WASHINGTON — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the president’s former pastor whose sermons touched off a firestorm in the 2008 political campaign, urged Monday that President Obama heed the words of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and transform...

    Tags: Elections, International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics

    8. Jan 19, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Hip-hop and pop music crowd D.C. for Obama inauguration

    All eyes will be on Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor when they take the stage at Monday's presidential inauguration.
    All eyes will be on Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson and James Taylor when they take the stage at Monday's presidential inauguration. But they're far from the only major artists partaking in the festivities. A slew of performing artists will be taking the...

    Tags: Black Entertainment Television (tv network), James Taylor, Andrew Bird, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson

    9. Dec 30, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Catherine O'Neill dies at 70; political activist, women's advocate

    Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70.
    Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70. Her death...

    Tags: Primaries, Roman Catholicism, Elections, Christianity, Democratic Party

    10. Aug 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton

    <strong>Ron Palillo</strong>
    Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...

    Tags: Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Malcolm X, Malcolm X (movie), Ron Palillo

    11. May 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Wesley Brown dies at 85; first black graduate of Naval Academy

    Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer.
    Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer. A 1949 graduate, Brown was...

    Tags: Cancer, Korean War (1950-1953), United States Naval Academy, Jimmy Carter, Engineering

    12. Jan 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Raymond L. Johnson Sr. dies at 89; lawyer, civil rights activist

    Raymond L. Johnson Sr., an attorney, civil rights activist and former Tuskegee Airman, died Dec. 31 in Los Angeles of complications of pneumonia and heart failure, said his wife, Evelyn. He was 89.
    Raymond L. Johnson Sr., an attorney, civil rights activist and former Tuskegee Airman, died Dec. 31 in Los Angeles of complications of pneumonia and heart failure, said his wife, Evelyn. He was 89. Johnson, who practiced law for nearly 50 years, was a...

    Tags: Thurgood Marshall, Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Justice System

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