http://www.mail.com/subjects/13726-african-americans.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/13726-african-americans.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861444-koch-yorks-feisty-mayor-dies-88.html NEW YORK (AP) — When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and prone to yelling. And it worked, for a while at least. With a Bronx-born combination of chutzpah and humor, Koch steered New York back from the brink of financial ruin and infused the city with ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861444-koch-yorks-feisty-mayor-dies-88.html 2013-02-02T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1852902-texas-womans-execution-halted-da-wont-appeal.html HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010 won a reprieve Tuesday, mere hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber. State District Judge Larry Mitchell, in Dallas, rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy's punishment for April 3 so lawyers for the former nursing home therapist could have more ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1852902-texas-womans-execution-halted-da-wont-appeal.html 2013-01-29T20:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1843864-chelsea-player-criticized-ball-boy-kicked.html LONDON (AP) — Just when it seemed Chelsea's reputation couldn't sink any lower, along came "Ballboygate." The Football Association's disciplinary body will review the game after winger Eden Hazard was sent off for kicking a 17-year-old ball boy while attempting to retrieve the ball near the end of a League Cup semifinal match against Swansea on Wednesday.... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1843864-chelsea-player-criticized-ball-boy-kicked.html 2013-01-24T18:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1839714-beverage-industry-nyc-lawyers-duel-drinks.html NEW YORK (AP) — The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would hurt small and minority-owned businesses while doing little to help health. The first courtroom arguments in the closely watched case ended without an immediate ruling. Opponents said they p... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1839714-beverage-industry-nyc-lawyers-duel-drinks.html 2013-01-24T02:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1838412-steve-harvey-to-host-feb-1-naacp-image-awards.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Harvey is hosting next month's NAACP Image Awards. The organization said Tuesday that presenters will include "Django Unchained" nominees Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx. Queen Latifah and Tony Goldwyn also will be among the presenters. Dennis Haysbert will be the announcer for the live broadcast. Comedian-TV ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1838412-steve-harvey-to-host-feb-1-naacp-image-awards.html 2013-01-22T18:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1836902-smithsonian-curators-scout-obama-artifacts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture will open during President Barack Obama's second term, and one section will feature a large display about the first b... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1836902-smithsonian-curators-scout-obama-artifacts.html 2013-01-22T13:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837032-us-pays-tribute-to-king-obama-term.html ATLANTA (AP) — The youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. hailed the inauguration of the nation's first black president to a new term as one of the achievements made possible by the civil rights struggle her father helped lead decades ago. Bernice King spoke at an Atlanta service Monday on the federal King holiday, urging Americans to draw i... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1837032-us-pays-tribute-to-king-obama-term.html 2013-01-22T09:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835232-nation-honors-king-day-obama-inauguration.html ATLANTA (AP) — Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black president, with many Americans moved by the reminder of how far the country has come since the 1960s. "This is the dream that Dr. King talked about in his speech. We see history in the making," sai... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835232-nation-honors-king-day-obama-inauguration.html 2013-01-22T00:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833004-obamas-inauguration-day-day-mlk-jr-too.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities. A quirk in the calendar pushed Obama's public swearing-in onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader, and inaugural planners have taken pains to acknowledge that fact. Going into his second te... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833004-obamas-inauguration-day-day-mlk-jr-too.html 2013-01-20T18:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833278-king-content-character-quote-inspires-debate.html "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." This sentence spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted countless times as expressing one of America's bedrock values, its language almost sounding like a constitutional... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833278-king-content-character-quote-inspires-debate.html 2013-01-20T16:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html ATLANTA (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement. It's only the second time Inauguration Day has coincided wi... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1830060-inauguration-day-marks-rare-intersection-with-king.html 2013-01-18T19:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Civil rights advocates say harsh disciplinary practices at many Mississippi schools lead to children being expelled and even incarcerated for minor infractions, policies that disproportionally affect minorities. A joint report by groups including the ACLU and NAACP says the problems are more widespread than just the city of Meridian,... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1827444-report-miss-school-discipline-too-hard-kids.html 2013-01-17T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821806-japanese-film-director-oshima-dies-80.html TOKYO (AP) — Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80. His office, Oshima Productions, said Oshima died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital near Tokyo after being in and out of hospital since he was struck by a stroke more than a decade ago... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1821806-japanese-film-director-oshima-dies-80.html 2013-01-15T14:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815552-delta-sigma-theta-sorority-celebrates-centennial.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's capital is swarming with women wearing crimson and cream, as one of the country's largest African-American sororities gathers to celebrate 100 years of sisterhood. More than 12,000 members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. are convening to mark the organization's centennial this weekend with activities including community s... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1815552-delta-sigma-theta-sorority-celebrates-centennial.html 2013-01-12T17:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1813422-south-african-musical-creates-1950s-fantasy.html HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa (AP) — Do you remember your first kiss? If you have a few years under your belt, maybe you stole it in the back of the movie theater, the projector whirring in the darkness. Or rather, back of the "bioscope," a word for the cinema in South Africa in the old days. The fantasy world of "Pretville," a Grease-style film musical in ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1813422-south-african-musical-creates-1950s-fantasy.html 2013-01-11T12:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804394-sheriff-thinks-conn-tragedy-factor-bomb-plot.html PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama teenager who called himself a white supremacist is accused of plotting to attack classmates and a teacher with small homemade explosives, though his attorney argues the allegations are blown out of proportion and the teen never intended to hurt anyone. Derek Shrout, 17, is charged with attempted assault after authoritie... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804394-sheriff-thinks-conn-tragedy-factor-bomb-plot.html 2013-01-08T09:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802338-second-time-with-obama-thrilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America's first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. president is still a big deal. But the ceremony that Washington will stage in a few weeks won't be the heady, historic affair it was in 2009, when nearly 2 million people flocked to the Nat... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1802338-second-time-with-obama-thrilling.html 2013-01-07T08:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1799172-bcs-championship-tale-tape.html Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life. Not only do these schools stand among the best ever in college football, they also lead the pack in celebrating that success and in investing for the future. If ever college football presented a heavyweight event it's the Fighting Irish against the Cri... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1799172-bcs-championship-tale-tape.html 2013-01-04T21:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1799542-criminal-probe-expected-racist-soccer-chants.html MILAN (AP) — A public prosecutor is set to open a criminal inquiry after an exhibition match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned after racist chanting by fans. The prosecutor in the northern town of Busto Arsizio is likely to pursue charges of inciting racial hatred against Pro Patria fans who abused Milan's black players, lo... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1799542-criminal-probe-expected-racist-soccer-chants.html 2013-01-04T18:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793496-nc-governor-signs-pardons-wilmington-10.html RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue issued pardons Monday to the Wilmington 10, a group wrongly convicted 40 years ago in a notorious Civil Rights-era prosecution that led to accusations that the state was holding political prisoners. Perdue issued pardons of innocence Monday for the nine black men and one white woman who rece... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1793496-nc-governor-signs-pardons-wilmington-10.html 2012-12-31T20:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792970-south-africa-mandela-convalesces-legacy-secure.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's agonizing past swept over Alex McLaren, who stepped into sunlight with tears in his eyes after a tour of the Apartheid Museum, an unsparing study of white minority rule and the costly fight against it. Yet South Africa-born McLaren, an American citizen, also found inspiration in the museum's exhibition about Nelson Mande... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792970-south-africa-mandela-convalesces-legacy-secure.html 2012-12-31T16:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791674-watch-nights-mark-emancipation-proclamation-150th.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As New Year's Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be "forever free." A tradition began Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night service... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1791674-watch-nights-mark-emancipation-proclamation-150th.html 2012-12-30T05:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783630-urban-advocates-gun-control-talk-overdue.html For years, voices have cried in the urban wilderness: We need to talk about gun control. Yet the guns blazed on. It took a small-town slaughter for gun control to become a political priority. Now, decades' worth of big-city arguments against easy access to guns are finally being heard, because an unstable young man invaded an elementary school in Newtown,... Sat, 22 Dec 2012 20:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1783630-urban-advocates-gun-control-talk-overdue.html 2012-12-22T20:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an established image was shattered by a fall from grace. Whitney Houston ruled as a queen of pop music, but ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html 2012-12-19T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771940-rep-tim-scott-picked-to-replace-demint-senate.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley appointed Rep. Tim Scott to the U.S. Senate on Monday, making him the South's first black Republican senator since Reconstruction in a state whose politics is steeped in the history of slavery and Civil War. "It speaks to the evolution of South Carolina and our nation," Scott, 47, said of his appointment to fill the ... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771940-rep-tim-scott-picked-to-replace-demint-senate.html 2012-12-18T03:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771732-gop-official-sc-gov-haley-to-tap-scott-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has chosen Rep. Tim Scott to replace Jim DeMint in the Senate, a move that will make him the first African-American senator in the state's history, a Republican official said Monday. Haley was expected to make the formal announcement at a noon news conference in Columbia, S.C., with other members of the st... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1771732-gop-official-sc-gov-haley-to-tap-scott-senate.html 2012-12-17T15:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1769984-137-police-shots-2-dead-questions-ohio.html CLEVELAND (AP) — A chase that ended with 13 officers firing 137 rounds, killing two people, began with a pop — perhaps a gunshot or backfire from a car speeding past police headquarters. For the next 25 minutes late in the night of Nov. 29, the car crisscrossed Cleveland tailed by officers, headed along Interstate 90 and wound up near the back entrance of... Sun, 16 Dec 2012 15:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1769984-137-police-shots-2-dead-questions-ohio.html 2012-12-16T15:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764888-ap-va-student-expelled-election-racial-uproar.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night of President Barack Obama's re-election, the school said Thursday. They were among approximately 40 students who gathered outside the Minority Student Union at Hampden-Sydney College on ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1764888-ap-va-student-expelled-election-racial-uproar.html 2012-12-13T18:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761144-census-whites-longer-majority-us-2043.html WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation's schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race. The official projection, released Wednesday by the Census Bureau, now places the t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761144-census-whites-longer-majority-us-2043.html 2012-12-12T21:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759114-flight-django-unchained-naacp-nominees.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Flight," ''Django Unchained," ''Beasts of the Southern Wild," ''Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" are up for the outstanding motion picture trophy at the NAACP Image Awards. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced the nominations Tuesday for the awards that honor diversity in the arts. The 44th ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1759114-flight-django-unchained-naacp-nominees.html 2012-12-11T21:31:00Z