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Do Stop-and-Frisks in New York City Amount to Racial Profiling? Created: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Each year tens of thousands of black and Latino New Yorkers are stopped and frisked by police. While city officials says the stop and frisk program has cut down on crime, civil liberties advocates ...
The Black Community and Gay Rights, Gay Marriage and Gay Celebrities Created: Sunday, May 20, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012
There’s a wide perception that the African-American community is more homophobic than other racial groups. However, prominent blacks such as President Barack Obama coming out in favor of same...
Would Martin Luther King Jr. Have Fought For Gay Rights? Created: Sunday, May 20, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 20, 2012
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. championed a number of other causes outside of racial justice in his short life. This has led some to wonder if the civil rights advocate would have also supported g...
Are Blacks Evolving on Gay Marriage? Created: Monday, May 14, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012
Research on opinions about gay marriage has revealed that black voters are more likely to support gay marriage in 2012 than they were in 2008. In 2012, there was very little difference between the ...
Blacks Who Support Gay Marriage Created: Friday, May 11, 2012 Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012
When President Barack Obama announced on May 9, 2012, that he indeed supported gay marriage, the mainstream media asked if it would result in black voters staying home on Election Day given that pr...
What About Obama’s Letters to Girlfriend Say About Race Created: Sunday, May 06, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 06, 2012
The letters Barack Obama exchanged in his early 20s with girlfriend Alex McNear and the journal entries girlfriend Genevieve Cook wrote about Obama during the same time period reveal how the presid...
George Zimmerman facts – George Zimmerman bio – George Zimmerman info Created: Sunday, April 22, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
Information from his family and friends, previous run-ins with the law and general facts about his life paint a ragtag biography of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old man who killed Trayvon Martin, ..
Racial Disparities in Pay - Income Inequality Among Minority Workers Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Workers of color continue to face barriers that prevent them from earning paychecks as large as their white counterparts do. A number of studies indicate that even when whites and minorities work i...
Asian American Facts – Asian Americans Census Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
This overview of the Asian-American population spotlights 2010 census data to illuminate the advances this minority group has made, challenges it faces and downright interesting facts about Asian A..
Trayvon Martin Shooting – Trayvon Martin Killing – Trayvon Martin Case Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
The killing of 17-year-old African American Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, for “looking suspicious” as he walked through a gated community in Florida galvanized the black community an..
Celebrating Cultural Heritage Months – Black History Month – Hispanic Heritage Month Created: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
This overview provides facts and background about a variety of cultural heritage months, including Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month.
Trayvon Martin Overview – Trayvon Martin Summary – Trayvon Martin News Created: Thursday, April 26, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
This overview of the Trayvon Martin case provides information on the events leading up to the 17-year-old’s murder, the controversies the case has sparked and biographical details about Marti...
West African Foods – African American Foods – African Foods Created: Sunday, February 12, 2012 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
African-American cuisine is not limited to fried chicken, as the racial stereotype about the group suggests. Celebrate Black History Month by indulging in the foods that blacks eat today that have ...
Japanese American World War II Heroes Created: Monday, December 05, 2011 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Although Japanese Americans faced fierce racial discrimination, even placement in internment camps, after Japan’s attack of Pearl Harbor, many Nisei men enlisted in the military to prove thei...
Hispanic Heritage Month - Hispanic Heritage Month History - Hispanic Heritage Month Origin Created: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
This overview of National Hispanic Heritage Month explains the origins and purpose of the cultural observance as well as the events held to commemorate it.
Kamala Harris Bio – Who is Kamala Harris – Kamala Harris Biography Created: Sunday, June 27, 2010 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Former San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris made history in 2010 by becoming the first woman of color Attorney General in California's history . Find out more about Harris’ career a...
Important Events in Black History Created: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Black history is filled with a countless amount of important events. But what moments in black history are most shocking? The assassination of a civil rights icon, a boycott that was supposed to la...
Trayvon Martin Information – Trayvon Martin Bio – Trayvon Martin Life Created: Saturday, April 21, 2012 Updated: Saturday, April 21, 2012
Trayvon Martin faced a smear campaign by killer George Zimmerman and his defense team as well as by right-wing extremists in the months after his death. The slain teen’s family and friends ha..
Quotes About the Trayvon Martin Killing – Statements About the Trayvon Martin Case Created: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The killing of unarmed black youth Trayvon Martin Feb. 26, 2012, by a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., who thought the teen looked suspicious divided the nation along ..
Reactions to the Trayvon Martin Killing Created: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012
The killing of Trayvon Martin has caused divisions along political and sometimes racial lines, but some people have heightened tensions following the black teen’s killing with irresponsible a..
Interracial Romance Films - Interracial Love Movies - Interracial Romantic Movies Created: Sunday, March 21, 2010 Updated: Monday, April 09, 2012
Harry Belafonte, Natalie Wood, Wesley Snipes and Salma Hayek are some of the stars who have been featured in films about interracial romance. Want to see which other actors made this list of notabl..
The 2009 Year in Review for Race Relations Created: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 09, 2012
A look at the 2009 year in review for race relations.
Black Marriage Crisis – Black Marriage Myths Created: Saturday, December 31, 2011 Updated: Sunday, April 01, 2012
Myths about black marriage continue to circulate, thanks to the media’s unparalleled interest in the romantic relationships of African Americans. While sensationalistic news articles suggest ..
Irish American History - Irish American Experience – Irish American Facts Created: Saturday, March 31, 2012 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Irish Americans are the second largest ethnic group in the United States, second only to German Americans. Yet many Americans don’t realize that March is home to Irish-American Heritage Month..
Civil Rights Films - Civil Rights Movies Created: Monday, August 15, 2011 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
This overview of civil rights movies from the late 1980s on illustrates which films in the genre offer a balanced perspective of the movement and which films fall short.
Handling Interracial Relationships – Interracial Relationship Tips Created: Sunday, October 31, 2010 Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012
What’s the best way to handle disapproval of your interracial relationship? Communication and boundary-setting are key. Above all else, take the steps necessary to protect your relationship i..
Facts About Irish Americans Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
The United States celebrates Irish American History Month in March. It’s a month that’s yet to enjoy the recognition of the much more popular St. Patrick’s Day. Celebrate Irish Am..
Women of Color in the Civil Rights Movement – Women of Color in Social Justice Movements Created: Monday, March 19, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
The movements for change that swept across the United States in the middle of the 20th century would not have succeeded without the contributions of women. Women of color such as Jo Ann Robinson, E..
Discrimination and the Irish American Experience Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
When the Irish arrived in the United States they faced racial stereotypes and discrimination, largely because of how the English had treated them in the Old World. They managed to overcome bias by ..
Civil Rights Documentaries – Civil Rights Films – Civil Rights Movies Created: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
Want a better grasp of the civil rights movement? Check out this roundup of documentary films that chronicle the black, Latino and Asian-American quest for racial justice in the U.S. Learn more abo..
Interesting Facts Post-Kaiser Poll Revealed About Black Women Created: Monday, March 26, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012
A Washington Post and Kaiser Family Foundation survey of black women conducted in fall 2011 aimed to illuminate their experiences and venture beyond rigid stereotypes of this group of Americans. Ke..
Women Writers of Color – Minority Women Writers Created: Monday, March 19, 2012 Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012
Women of color in the U.S. and Canada have crafted fiction, poems and essays for hundreds of years. In the early 20th century, the voices of women from a variety of ethnic groups were increasingly ..

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