Black History Month
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Biden Defends Voting Rights Act Provision in Selma, Alabama
the vice president recalled a conversation that day with Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., before an event celebrating Black History Month at Washington's Naval Observatory. "Before he went up there I turned to John and said, 'John, did you ever
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Youngest Oscar Nominee Quvenzhane Wallis Charms 'GMA'
iPhone ?) She also paid a visit to the White House for a special screening of the film for students in honor of Black History month , where the first lady Michelle Obama said she believed in the indie flick. Wallis is the first to admit she enjoys
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Black History Often Miscast in HollywoodIn this year's Oscars race for best picture, there are two very different films that deal with perhaps the most significant aspect of black history in America: slavery. The black characters in " Lincoln " primarily take a back seat in Steven Spielberg's drama about President Abraham Lincoln's
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Obama Brings It Home: Sings 'Sweet Home Chicago' With B.B. Kingbelting out "I Can't Turn You Loose" and "Miss You." Tonight's salute to the blues was in recognition of Black History Month . "This is music with humble beginnings - roots in slavery and segregation, a society that rarely treated black
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B.B. King, Mick Jagger Salute the Blues at the White House
belting out "I Can't Turn You Loose" and "Miss You." Tonight's salute to the blues was in recognition of Black History Month . "This is music with humble beginnings - roots in slavery and segregation, a society that rarely treated black
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The Presidential Planner - Obama Touts Payroll-Tax Cut
lady will welcome music legends to the White House this evening for a celebration of Blues music in recognition of Black History month . The event is part of the "In Performance at the White House" concert series.
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Black History Month : Selma-to-Montgomery Marches
March 1965 marked a pivotal time for the U.S. civil rights movement, when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led demonstrators to protest discrimination against black Americans in Alabama who had been denied the right to vote. The march from Selma to the state capital...
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The Note's Must-Reads for Tuesday, March 1, 2011
the civil rights movement. The lawmakers, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus, used the last day of Black History Month to argue the GOP-backed cuts would fall hardest on black Americans. LINK LA Times’ Kathleen Hennessey
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The Note's Must-Reads for Friday, February 25, 2011
and Stevie Wonder came out to celebrate fifty years of rhythm and blues with a White House music night devoted to black history month and Motown’s effect on music and American history. “Along the way, songs like ‘Dancing in the Streets’ and ‘What
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Motown: Dancing In The White House
and Stevie Wonder came out to celebrate fifty years of rhythm and blues with a White House music night devoted to black history month and Motown’s effect on music and American history. “Along the way, songs like ‘Dancing in the Streets’ and
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Michelle Obama on Motown: as Motown Rose, So Did the "Forces of Change" In This Country
This evening the Obamas will host a Motown concert at the White House, celebrating Motown’s history and Black History Month . “These are true trailblazers” Mrs. Obama said of the Motown greats, “because as you know, there wouldn’t be
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The Note: Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock: Time Running Out in Washington And Wisconsin
the first lady will host the “The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House,” a concert celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of Motown Records. Performers include Smokey Robinson, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Jamie Foxx, Gloriana, Nick Jonas
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The Presidential Planner
the First Lady will host the “The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House,” a concert celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of Motown Records. Performers include Smokey Robinson, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Jamie
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of the residents of the civil rights movement in this whole idea Black History Month do you think for. I -- her younger generation that doesn't know what you won't know -- I've not lived through would you want lived through. Does this month. Have residents that it should within defense. I do believe that the are given a dose of black history -- Black History Month because that seems to be the only opportunity that people can really talk about African Americans in this struggle in the history. -
First Lady Meets Black History Month Essay WinnersMichelle Obama tells winners to value education and pull others up with them.
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Bush Honors Black History MonthAt event, Bush shuns recent noose displays causing 'heightened racial tension.'
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Temptations Take the White House
President Bush honors Otis Williams at event to celebrate Black History Month .
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The Courage of African-AmericansWell today marks the end of February and with that Black History Month which makes our next story especially tightly absolutely memorial and educational center. A celebration of Black History Month and also women's history month in March it's
Well today marks the end of February and with that Black History Month which makes our next story especially tightly absolutely what do you think of the civil rights struggle too often the women whoX and doctor Betty Shabazz memorial and educational center. A celebration of Black History Month and also women's history month in March it's an interactive collage of the lies of twenty African American female pioneers past and
