Archive for November 2009

With end in sight for ‘Oprah’ show, Chicago wonders what will change

BY WILLIAM LEE
CHICAGO TRIBUNE/MCT

SCLC scrutinizes suspicious jail death

Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials ask hard questions

Fight for quality schools moves to courthouse

COMPILED FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS

Cancer claims life of Tampa bookstore owner

Felicia Wintons Taylor operated Black business for 15 years

Random thoughts of a free Black mind, v.34

QUICK TAKES FROM #2:
STRAIGHT, NO CHASER

Whites replace Blacks in UK ‘Couples Retreat’ poster

There’s something missing on the UK marketing material for Universal’s motion picture "Couples Retreat" – the Black people. Co-stars Faison Love and Kali Hawk, who play the film’s lone African-American couple on the couples retreat, were...

ONE YEAR LATER

It’s gone by quickly: The Florida Courier’s award-winning front page of Nov. 7, 2008, told the story of Barack Obama’s election.

After the historic 2008 election, and after nine months, where does Barack Obama now stand?