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Officer Who Arrested Harvard Prof After Mix-Up Not Sorry

A suburban Boston police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insists he won't apologize over his treatment of the Harvard professor.

 

Gates Arrest Resonates Through Black America

When prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested recently in his own Cambridge, Mass., home, it was a chilling moment in the American experience.

 

Obama has tough-love message for African-Americans

Obama has tough-love message for African-Americans

President Barack Obama had a tough-love message for fellow African-Americans on Thursday, urging black parents to push their children to think beyond dreams of being sports stars or rap music performers.

 

Kodak to Pay $21.4M to Settle Race Discrimination Suit

Eastman Kodak Co. has agreed to pay $21.4 million to settle legal action brought by black workers who claim the photography products maker paid and promoted them less than their white co-workers.

 

U.S. blacks try to turn pride over Obama into gains

U.S. blacks try to turn pride over Obama into gains

Black American community workers are wrestling with how to translate their pride over Barack Obama's presidency into tangible gains for a racial minority that often lags behind the rest of the country.

 

Detained NFL player accepts officer's apology

An NFL player said Monday he accepts the apology offered by a Dallas police officer who stopped him with a drawn gun in a hospital parking lot while his mother-in-law was dying inside.

 

With Obama in White House, Flush Times for the Nation’s Black News Media

New access and relevance has also stoked the debate about whether the black media should regard the first African-American president with a more critical eye.

 

High heart failure rate seen in younger U.S. blacks

BOSTON (Reuters) - Heart failure may be about 20 times more common among young and middle-age blacks than whites in the United States, and it strikes blacks at a younger age, according to a 20-year study published on Wednesday.

 

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