Sarah Palafox, an African American woman who sings regional Mexican music, poses in Moreno Valley, Calif., in this undated photo. Palafox, who goes by the name Sarah La Morena, was born in Southern California but raised in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The 23-year-old has sparked many emotions following a series of viral video performances […]
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A Tour in the Footsteps of Famous African-Americans in Paris
PARIS (AP) — The great African-American writers James Baldwin and Richard Wright began their feud over Wright’s novel “Native Son,” at Cafe Les Deux Magots. Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis held hands with his White girlfriend, French actress Juliette Greco, while strolling along the Seine after hanging out with Picasso. Entertainer Josephine Baker became a megastar […]
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Last Kerner Commission Member Haunted, Hopeful on Race in US
CORRALES, N.M. (AP) — Nearly 50 years after the Kerner Commission studied the causes of deadly riots in America’s cities, its last surviving member says he remains haunted that its recommendations on U.S. race relations and poverty were never adopted. FILE – In this July 24, 1967 file photo Detroit police check buildings along a […]
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July Fourth Holiday Brings Mixed Feelings for Minorities
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As many in the United States celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, some minorities have mixed feelings about the revelry of fireworks and parades in an atmosphere of tension on several fronts. How do you celebrate during what some people of color consider troubling times? FILE- In this June 28, 2017, […]
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Black Harvard Doctor Pens Memoir of Jim Crow South
BOSTON (AP) — Growing up in segregated Memphis during the segregation era, Augustus White III knew about those certain places off-limits to him as a Black man – restrooms, diners and schools. He just didn’t pay racial barriers much mind. The son of a doctor and teacher became the first African-American to graduate from Stanford […]