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A New Wave of Black Filmmakers Challenge Hollywood Conventions

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 13 Sep 2016
Filmmakers like Nate Parker, Barry Jenkins and Nick Cannon are winning attention for films that step outside studio and indie norms An unmistakeable thread has emerged from the festivals in Toronto, Telluride and beyond — a new generation of African-American filmmakers is taking center stage with bold, original films that tell stories Hollywood has never previously considered....

World War II Veteran turns 107 with a party in New Orleans

Edit The Roanoke Times 13 Sep 2016
Yet the 107-year-old African-American World War II veteran has lived long enough not only to see that change, but to see a black commander-in-chief too ... The newspaper reports Brooks was a private in the Army's mostly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion ... "The biggest change that I didn't think would ever happen was a black president."....

Clyburn Floor Statement on H.R. 295, to Reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Program (James E Clyburn)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
295, my bill to reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program. This bill has been cosponsored by my colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus and is broadly supported by all of our colleagues ... Historically Black Colleges and Universities, commonly called HBCUs, are some of the most important historic educational institutions in our country....

Hillary Clinton has many African American voters' heads, but not necessarily their hearts

Edit The Morning Call 13 Sep 2016
When Barack Obama visits Philadelphia on Tuesday, he'll be urging all voters to back Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, but his appeal will be particularly important to one group in particular. African Americans. Black voters — who make up about 11 percent of Pennsylvania's voting-age population... ....

WWII vet fetes 107th year with party in Big Easy

Edit Japan Times 13 Sep 2016
When Lawrence Brooks joined the military, it was still segregated. Yet the 107-year-old African-American World War II veteran has lived long enough not only to see that change, but to see a black commander-in-chief too. Brooks, a New Orleans resident, Monday celebrated his 107th birthday at the city’s World War II Museum. NOLA.COM/The Times-Picayune (bit.ly/2cqGWp6 appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Trio of Titans raised fists in protest after anthem ended

Edit Times Free Press 13 Sep 2016
(AP) - A trio of Tennessee Titans say they raised their right fists in the air after the national anthem ended to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11, and to bring attention to the ongoing unequal treatment of African-Americans and other minorities ... McCourty said Monday that they want to help bridge a gap in equality for everyone, specifically African-Americans....

Orioles' Adam Jones: 'It was the right time' for me to speak up

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Sep 2016
But as one of the most well-known African-American players in Major League Baseball, the five-time All-Star understands why San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has chosen not to stand for the anthem ... "People just are thinking, 'Let's just see the article 1/8and3/8 what Adam's going to talk about.' They're going to say, 'Oh, Adam 1/8is a3/8 black man talking about white people ... It's 8 percent black....

Sweet Home Café Opens at Museum Sept. 24 (Smithsonian Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
24 in the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is the newest dining experience at a Smithsonian museum. The café showcases the rich culture and history of the African American people with traditionally authentic offerings as well as modern-day-inspired foods ... 'Each of the four regional stations in Sweet Home Café demonstrate the migration of African American people and culture through foodways,' Grant said....

Orioles’ Adam Jones: ‘It was the right time’ for me to speak up

Edit Boston Herald 13 Sep 2016
But as one of the most well-known African-American players in Major League Baseball, the five-time All-Star understands why San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has chosen not to stand for the anthem ... “People just are thinking, ‘Let’s just see the article [and] what Adam’s going to talk about.’ They’re going to say, ‘Oh, Adam [is a] black man talking about white people....

Jones takes stand with remarks

Edit MLB 13 Sep 2016
There would be years of sacrifice and pain ahead, but an African-American man playing in a Major League Baseball game in 1947 was a monumental turning point for the United States of America ... In baseball, for example, African-Americans comprised just 8.3 percent of MLB's Baseball's Opening Day rosters, which as Commissioner Rob Manfred said, "is not a number we love."....

Three-Day Festival Celebrates the Museum's Grand Opening (Smithsonian Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
A Community Celebration,' a free three-day festival, will mark the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture Friday, Sept ... 'The themes of the festival highlight the social power of African American music as a communicator of cultural values, challenges, aspirations and creative expression,' said Mark Puryear, a Smithsonian Folklife Festival program curator and co-curator of the festival....

National Museum of African American History and Culture Opens Sept. 24 (Smithsonian Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will open Saturday, Sept ... 'This joyous day was born out of a century of fitful and frustrated efforts to commemorate African American history in the nation's capital,' said Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the museum ... 1968 and Beyond'-Illustrates the impact of African Americans on life in the U.S., from the death of Martin Luther King Jr....

Half-term report: Scouting the Southern Hemisphere sides (WRU - Welsh Rugby Union Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
All-conquering All Blacks ... In fact, only three sides have taken a half-time lead in against the All Blacks in 13 Tests in the last 12 months ... Since then the All Blacks, led by newly installed captain Kieran Read and Beauden Barrett at fly-half, have notched three Rugby Championship wins by an aggregate of 89 points, beating the Wallabies home and away and then seeing off Argentina in Hamilton, 57-22, this weekend....
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