Monthly Archive: August 2004

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Ukraine star seeks African roots

Ukraine star seeks African roots BBC News Olga Betko from the BBC World Service writes about travelling to Nigeria with Ukraine’s famous television presenter Myroslav Kuvaldin in search of his long-lost father and to...

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Jews as Multiracial Whites

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Brando’s Jews July 9, 2004 The Forward is a major Jewish newspaper in New York City The death of Marlon Brando last week revived painful memories of the actor’s controversial appearance on...

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An African view of Obama

OBAMA: AN AUDACITY OF HOPE? Nigeriaworld by Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Congress woman, recently visited the White House with a congressional delegation. Making her way out, she passed President Bush and...

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A Cosby Makeover

August 02, 2004, 8:44 a.m. A Cosby Makeover: The NAACP should dedicate itself to more than just institutional preservation. By Ward Connerly When President George W. Bush declined to speak at the annual convention...

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College restricts course section to minorities

College restricts course section to minorities By Valerie Richardson THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published August 3, 2004 DENVER — Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder can take the popular “School and Society” course...

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Breaking the Silence

Breaking the Silence The New York Times August 1, 2004 By HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. “Go into any inner-city neighborhood,” Barack Obama said in his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, “and folks...