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Herman Cain has been something of an anomaly to those following the build up to the 2012 elections. The presidential hopeful is the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, a one-time mathematician for the US Navy, a cancer survivor and a dark horse candidate (though he refers to himself as a "black horse") in a motley Republican field filled with millionaires and some Tea Party favorites.

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Hey ladies: the next time you're feeling the sting of racism, don't try to soothe your aching spirit with a mani/pedi, candles, incense or meditation. According to a study published in "Psychology of Women Quarterly," none of the above will ease a black woman's racism-related stress in any meaningful way.

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Two major providers of online content geared toward African Americans have merged, looking to become a force in the increasingly competitive black-centric media space.

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Nearly a week after New York City police clashed with concertgoers following an album release party last Wednesday for DJ Pete Rock and the rap group Smif-n-Wessun, the artists joined a group of activists, fans and politicians on the steps of City Hall to protest what they called police "wilding" and abuse.

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The accounts of what happened after the Peter Rock and Smif-n-Wessun show in New York City early on Wednesday morning couldn't be more different. But a few things are clear: dozens of police converged on the crowd outside of the venue, at least a few patrons were beaten and five police officers were injured.

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You can call Chris Brown the comeback kid, at least if his standout performance and sweeping victory at the 2011 BET Awards is any indication of the much-maligned R&B star's buoyant popularity.

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Perhaps the most explosive and explicit example of police brutality in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina took place on September 4, 2005, when a group of officers gunned down six unarmed civilians on the Danziger Bridge in eastern New Orleans.

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Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has joined other conservatives in using high unemployment rates among African-Americans as a bid against President Obama, saying that the president has performed so poorly that blacks will vote Republican in 2012.

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's "blackness" has long been questioned, but revelations of his off the bench relationships have now called into question his ethics.

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