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- The Washington Redskins’ regular season campaign starts in just a week, but the team plans on doing more than just entertaining fans with exciting football on Sundays. more More Arrow


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Arts & Entertainment

- Detroit-born gospel star and pastor Deitrick Haddon will chat online with fans and moviegoers Sept. 6 and Sept. 13 as he prepares for the release of {Blessed & Cursed,} a modern twist on the biblical tale of David and Saul.

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Opinion

- The dueling events on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom have ended, but astoundingly little is known about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that at several times threatened to derail the march where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.


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AFRO Briefs

A group of celebrated Grambling State University alumni will donate $10,000 to the newly opened Eddie G. Robinson Museum in honor of the late coach and sports legend who revolutionized the school’s athletic program.
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Like thousands of other African-American farmers, Dick Morgan often faced difficulties accessing federal farm loans. He was among the Black farmers angered by the U.S. Senate’s failure to approve a nearly $5 billion settlement between the Agriculture Department and minority farmers reached more than 10 years ago last month.
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Dr. Mario G. Obledo
Dr. Mario G. Obledo, founder and president of the National Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and former California Secretary of Health and Welfare, died of a heart attack at his home in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 18. He was 78.more More Arrow

ColorOfChange.org, the community activist group that successfully urged dozens of advertisers to pull away from Glenn Beck’s FOX news show, recently announced a new initiative directed at discouraging public establishments across the country from airing FNC.more More Arrow

William P. Foster
William P. Foster, the former Florida A&M University (FAMU) band leader dubbed the “Dean of America’s Band Directors,” died Aug. 28 at 91.more More Arrow