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From the Detroit News:

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, released from state prison this morning after serving 14 months, vowed to come back to Detroit to tell his story.

"Detroit, I will return to speak frankly with you about this experience because it has affected all of us," Kilpatrick said in a released statement. "I am beginning anew. I am looking forward. I have new dreams and aspirations. I have a new hope. My greatest desire is that my testimony will give anyone who will listen permission to dream of greatness and to push toward it even in the midst of failure.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-02T13:16:00+00:00The Drug War: Jim Crow in the Age of Obamahttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/the-drug-war-jim-crow-in-the-age-of-obama/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/the-drug-war-jim-crow-in-the-age-of-obama/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/the-drug-war-jim-crow-in-the-age-of-obama/#comments
From AlterNet:

The NAACP has just passed a historic resolution demanding an end to the War on Drugs. The resolution comes as young Black male unemployment hovers near 50 percent and the wealth gap's become a veritable gulf. So why is the forty-year-old "War on Drugs" public enemy number one for the nation's oldest civil rights organization?

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-02T13:07:00+00:00Perry Helped Keep Civil Rights Era Peacefulhttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/perry-helped-keep-civil-rights-era-peaceful/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/perry-helped-keep-civil-rights-era-peaceful/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/02/perry-helped-keep-civil-rights-era-peaceful/#comments

From The State:

Nobody can remember seeing Matthew Perry angry. Determined? Always. Fearless? No question. Forceful and firm? Without a doubt. Kind, compassionate and respectful? Without fail. But never angry. Never bitter. Perry's remarkable temperament - and unmatched legal skills - were essential to the relatively peaceful progress of civil rights in South Carolina during the turbulent 1960s and beyond. While the state endured pain and tragedy in those days, South Carolina advanced with "far less turmoil than her neighbors," Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson Jr. wrote in a 2004 tribute to Perry.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-02T12:56:00+00:00In Kenya, Forced Male Circumcision and a Struggle for Justicehttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/in-kenya-forced-male-circumcision-and-a-struggle-for-justice/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/in-kenya-forced-male-circumcision-and-a-struggle-for-justice/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/in-kenya-forced-male-circumcision-and-a-struggle-for-justice/#comments
From the Atlantic:

The mob, members of an outlawed gang, blindfolded Walter Odondi with a strip of cloth and steered him through the narrow alleys of Nairobi's Kibera slum, slapping him with the flat sides of their machetes as they went. They frog-marched the frightened 16-year-old for half an hour before stopping at a clearing just outside the slum, not far from the Nairobi Dam. Standing there, Odondi could hear the sound of machetes being sharpened on stones. As he made one last attempt to flee, two men grabbed his limbs and threw him to the grass.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-01T11:33:00+00:00'Gentrification' Covers Black and White Middle-Class Home Buyers in the Districthttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/gentrification-covers-black-and-white-middle-class-home-buyers/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/gentrification-covers-black-and-white-middle-class-home-buyers/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/gentrification-covers-black-and-white-middle-class-home-buyers/#comments


From the Washington Post:

A group of young black professionals in Anacostia has gathered over spinach-strawberry salad and white wine, when the conversation turns, as if often does, to what they call the "G-word": gentrification. "I used to think it was about race - when white people moved into a black neighborhood," said lawyer Charles Wilson, 35, who lost to Marion Barry in the 2008 Ward 8 D.C. Council race. "Then, I looked up the word. It's when a middle-class person moves into a poor neighborhood. And I realized: I am a gentrifier. I couldn't believe it. I don't like that word. It makes so many people uncomfortable."

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-01T11:25:00+00:005 Years' probation for Malcolm X Daughter in Thefthttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/5-years-probation-for-malcolm-x-daughter-in-theft/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/5-years-probation-for-malcolm-x-daughter-in-theft/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/08/01/5-years-probation-for-malcolm-x-daughter-in-theft/#comments

From CBS News:

A daughter of Malcolm X has been sentenced to five years of probation for stealing the identity of an elderly family friend to run up big credit card bills. Prosecutors say Malikah Shabazz (shuh-BAHZ') made $55,000 in illegal purchases.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-08-01T11:17:00+00:00A Black Panther's Guide to Oaklandhttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/a-black-panther-s-guide-to-oakland/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/a-black-panther-s-guide-to-oakland/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/a-black-panther-s-guide-to-oakland/#comments

From the Creosote Journal:

There are few external markers to show you what David Hilliard knows about certain places in Oakland. He knows where to find the bullet holes that still pockmark a house, puncture a fence railing. As Hilliard tells it, he was hiding in a house nearby, one night in 1968, shortly after the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. He listened as some 1,900 rounds were emptied by the police force.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-29T13:19:00+00:00Horn of Africa: On the Brink of a Humanitarian Crisishttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/horn-of-africa-on-the-brink-of-a-humanitarian-crisis/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/horn-of-africa-on-the-brink-of-a-humanitarian-crisis/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/horn-of-africa-on-the-brink-of-a-humanitarian-crisis/#comments
From the Boston Globe:

One of the worst droughts in a century, compounded by high food prices and unremitting political strife, is spawning an immense humanitarian crisis on the Horn of Africa. Thousands of Somalis are fleeing their homeland each week; most of those who survive the brutal journey end up in refugee camps in neighboring Kenya.


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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-29T13:10:00+00:00230 Fifth Owner Fighting Club's $500M Racial Discrimination Lawsuithttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/230-fifth-owner-fighting-clubs-500m-racial-discrimination-laws/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/230-fifth-owner-fighting-clubs-500m-racial-discrimination-laws/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/230-fifth-owner-fighting-clubs-500m-racial-discrimination-laws/#comments
From the Gothamist:

Flatiron bar and lounge 230 Fifth (you may recall its rooftop bar as the host of Kobayashi's controversial solo hotdog eating contest on July 4) is at the center of a $500 million racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a black man from Texas.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-29T09:20:00+00:00Catholic Clergy Members Get Early Look At MLK Memorialhttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/catholic-clergy-members-get-early-look-at-mlk-memorial/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/catholic-clergy-members-get-early-look-at-mlk-memorial/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/29/catholic-clergy-members-get-early-look-at-mlk-memorial/#comments
From WAMU.org:

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial won't be unveiled for another month, but one group had the chance to get a sneak peek at it yesterday.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-29T09:13:00+00:00The Real Deal: Muslim Witness To Cain's Mosque Visit Calls Sentiments Genuinehttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-real-deal-muslim-witness-to-cain-s-mosque-visit-calls-senti/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-real-deal-muslim-witness-to-cain-s-mosque-visit-calls-senti/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-real-deal-muslim-witness-to-cain-s-mosque-visit-calls-senti/#comments

From TPMDC:

The change of heart is a time-honored part of American political theater. As public sentiments (read: polling) change, politicians often find a way to alter their positions through seemingly heart-felt rhetoric. But there are rare occasions when the change of heart is real. And according to one of the Muslim community members Herman Cain visited with Wednesday, the Republicans newfound respect for Islam is completely genuine.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T13:27:00+00:00Obama's Weekly Job Approval Ties Term Low of 43%http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/obamas-weekly-job-approval-ties-term-low-of-43/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/obamas-weekly-job-approval-ties-term-low-of-43/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/obamas-weekly-job-approval-ties-term-low-of-43/#comments

From Gallup:

President Barack Obama averaged a 43% job approval rating for the week of July 18-24, tied for the lowest weekly average of his administration. Obama's rating at this point is lower than President Bill Clinton's ratings were in the fall of 1995 when he was embroiled in a budget dispute similar to the one Obama faces now.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T13:23:00+00:00Black Student Can't Be Valedictorianhttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/black-student-cant-be-valedictorian/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/black-student-cant-be-valedictorian/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/black-student-cant-be-valedictorian/#commentsFiled under:


From Court House News:

A high school southeast of Little Rock would not let a black student be valedictorian though she had the highest grade-point average, and wouldn't let her mom speak to the school board about it until graduation had passed, the graduate claims in Federal Court.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T13:08:00+00:00The Black and White Labor Gap in Americahttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-black-and-white-labor-gap-in-america/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-black-and-white-labor-gap-in-america/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/the-black-and-white-labor-gap-in-america/#comments
From American Progress:

Our nation's economy is now two years into a shaky recovery following the Great Recession of 2007-2009, yet for the millions of Americans still out of work, the recovery is largely meaningless. All Americans saw significant job losses during the Great Recession and comparatively high unemployment rates persist for all population groups-none more so than African Americans.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T09:12:00+00:00NAACP Urges Minorities to Get to Polls in 2012http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/naacp-urges-minorities-to-get-to-polls-in-2012/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/naacp-urges-minorities-to-get-to-polls-in-2012/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/naacp-urges-minorities-to-get-to-polls-in-2012/#comments

From USA Today:

The NAACP plans a big push to increase minority turnout in the 2012 elections, hoping to gain political influence and turn back what the civil rights group says are efforts in various states to deny minorities the right to vote. To do it, the group is going to reach out to black churches, fraternities and sororities as well as use sophisticated databases, social media and boost training of volunteers to include things like getting a contact for each voter they register.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T09:06:00+00:00Unearthing Traces of African-American Village Displaced by Central Parkhttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/unearthing-traces-of-african-american-village-displaced-by-centr/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/unearthing-traces-of-african-american-village-displaced-by-centr/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/28/unearthing-traces-of-african-american-village-displaced-by-centr/#comments
From the New York Times:

For more than a decade, anthropologists and historians pieced together the history of a short-lived African-American community that was snuffed out in the 1850s by the creation of Central Park. They combed vital records and tax documents, scanned parkland using radar and studied soil borings.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-28T09:00:00+00:00At Sleepaway Camp, Math Is Main Sporthttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/at-sleepaway-camp-math-is-main-sport/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/at-sleepaway-camp-math-is-main-sport/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/at-sleepaway-camp-math-is-main-sport/#comments
From the New York Times:

As camps go, the Summer Program in Mathematical Problem Solving might sound like a recipe for misery: six hours of head-scratching math instruction each day and nights in a college dorm far from home.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-27T13:39:00+00:00Al Sharpton, MSNBC and Journalistic Standardshttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/al-sharpton-msnbc-and-journalistic-standards/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/al-sharpton-msnbc-and-journalistic-standards/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/al-sharpton-msnbc-and-journalistic-standards/#comments
From the Salon:

On Sunday, Cenk Uygur was interviewed by CNN's Howard Kurtz about Uygur's departure from MSNBC, and Ugyur claimed that Al Sharpton -- widely reported to be his replacement -- vowed in a 60 Minutes interview never to criticize President Obama under any circumstances.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-27T13:34:00+00:00Famine in East Africahttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/famine-in-east-africa/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/famine-in-east-africa/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/famine-in-east-africa/#comments

From the Atlantic:

With East Africa facing its worst drought in 60 years, affecting more than 11 million people, the United Nations has declared a famine in the region for the first time in a generation. Overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia are receiving some 3,000 new refugees every day, as families flee from famine-stricken and war-torn areas.

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]]>The BV Staff2011-07-27T13:29:00+00:00God Is in the Basement of the Empire State Buildinghttp://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/god-is-in-the-basement-of-the-empire-state-building/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/god-is-in-the-basement-of-the-empire-state-building/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2011/07/27/god-is-in-the-basement-of-the-empire-state-building/#comments

From New York Magazine:

Each spring, the King's College, a Christian school occupying two floors in the Empire State Building, hosts a series of lectures and debates on a single theme. This year's theme is villainy. In a windowless basement room, Dinesh D'Souza, the college's newly installed president, is delivering his remarks to a student camera crew, two potential donors, and about 30 undergraduates. In keeping with the college's dress code, the students wear business suits.

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