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]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:07:17 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35084740/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/ Send us your stories and photos of who is making black history in your life or community.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f20aefb0e13b975a6a45d9f27bbc0749:TKyPnpj6X%2BC%2B34l4B9ZJFKlwcYW7i3dtfiPxRI0RsvE%2F71Sc5uDGHQCnKytY6lRn9HPYqhVXp1Oc'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:f606ace58fc95ff100570ffec314bb84:UTbCuaYX87DHFGPvWP4%2BGmjb07%2B8DACnGYbhy6iFPz2IsNVdP2vv0TYLjD19DVn2ihEJbHNfz4f2pA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=64&kw=Black+History+Month'>Black History Month</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=64&kw=African+American'>African American</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=64&kw=Ethnicity'>Ethnicity</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=64&kw=African'>African</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e&p=64&kw=Events'>Events</a> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=00d000ae0c4a4b4cf8f734a71669907e http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083739/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:18:34 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35083739/ns/us_news-race_and_ethnicity/ The renowned Harvard professor talks about the relevance of Black History Month, what it really means to be an American, and whether we're really in a post-racial America.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:9ebc8e161fab45fcbb7e17cb8e745011:yBbp2lHsDpDFqJQjFypo0ELHl0F6gv7SMSu6%2FOGLOtlt9cTk9fJahVelG5asNP%2BAEN4W6AS9dw%2FM'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:5a4b63adb78f62adca6c166ffede5745:SA9k4J%2BArWBn8GBDKdwA8RVOayg0zqpYikDTiYNqEn%2BU2CHt9Z7hdy%2FZ8xCJOE8B11UkxE8biLy6mQ%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=64&kw=Black+History+Month'>Black History Month</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=64&kw=United+States'>United States</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=64&kw=African+American'>African American</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=64&kw=Henry+Louis+Gates'>Henry Louis Gates</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035&p=64&kw=Ethnicity'>Ethnicity</a> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=8e99f7a90409cc5c2c648c62e471b035 http://www.newsweek.com/id/233244 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:51:08 GMT News http://www.newsweek.com/id/233244 That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose what little diversity it has after November's elections.

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]]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:34:24 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35254048/ns/politics-decision_2010/ Denzel Washington, Will Smith and Tyler Perry are money machines. As bankable entertainers, there are few who can match them for consistent box-office clout. But they've found their audiences in roles that don't require racial consciousness.

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]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2010 12:49:38 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35202941/ns/entertainment-movies/ theGrio: A look at some non-blacks who have contributed greatly to the African-American struggle for freedom and equality.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:451f1123aadb2d49295c128752646e20:1QGLJnzDQqtICXvjzMkxkyEHXFxy4Yg5iWTjyyl2cnlA3A7Z17JLCuJA5gfQ6RFZlHyXgzrM11vG'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:e7db227771e24656a7ebe0454277ddc1:BvUvHC39SpH4VInjYPoAaxDstul%2B9BAaOZkir0yZKJVHf8yqrW7kW4YbZM6lhPeq2TAryo%2F1oW6apw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=64&kw=African+American'>African American</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=64&kw=White+American'>White American</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=64&kw=Ethnicity'>Ethnicity</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=64&kw=African'>African</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086&p=64&kw=United+States'>United States</a> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=3e2dd16014c824886d8a2f9135b92086 http://www.thegrio.com/black-history/slideshow-white-americans-who-made-black-history.php Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:01:46 GMT News http://www.thegrio.com/black-history/slideshow-white-americans-who-made-black-history.php Despite Barack Obama's election, African-Americans still live in a culture that is over-reliant on stereotype and slow to explore the complexity of racialized issues such as the ghetto or Haiti. There's still work to be done.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:5b4a70e6072576b55095f49e09ccc139:MRle%2FFOatx3qWTK3%2B8RcSDL9moZdritkYIsp7N5KRaB5YikUn3kJC8SK78pbiKU7aR57y1xP5zk5'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:a938913570c5eee259f3f6c4675bebc4:2NUSudlSgTRyvJIYpMOqMk7ORc8zYwliIyc9cTZC0idV2wg0NZiLVnlV5MyX9FlkJkO4XPeEegCJmw%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=1"/></a> <img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/><br clear="all"/> <img src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?kw=" align="absmiddle" /> <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=64&kw=Black+History+Month'>Black History Month</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=64&kw=African+American'>African American</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=64&kw=Barack+Obama'>Barack Obama</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=64&kw=Haiti'>Haiti</a> - <a href='http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799&p=64&kw=Newsweek'>Newsweek</a> http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=48fd42ac3bb4c29d5aa50fb97d51d799 http://www.newsweek.com/ID/232818 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:38:52 GMT News http://www.newsweek.com/ID/232818