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Patricia S. Due, civil rights leader, dies at 72

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Patricia Stephens Due stayed in jail for 49 days, refusing to pay bail after she was arrested for sitting at a Woolworth lunch counter...
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Reactor blamed for cancer plaguing poor blacks in Ga.

Bruce A. Dixon
theGRIO REPORT - Since the late 1980s, Burke County residents have experienced a veritable cancer epidemic. Some link the higher rates to nearby nuclear reactors...
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Cervical check-up: What's the doctor doing?

Dr. Renée Volny
OPINION - Due to lower screening rates, cervical cancer is more likely to afflict black and Hispanic women more than Caucasian and Asian women...
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5 best supplements for men

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Blackdoctor.org - When it comes to dietary supplements, men -- like women -- desire better health, disease prevention and improving the look, feel and performance of their bodies. Take a look at the five best supplements for men...
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Ex-NFLer loses bride of 1 month to cancer

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CLUTCH - After being married to his wife Keasha Ruteleage-Draft for one month former NFL star, Chris Draft was stricken with the news that his wife succumbed to her battle with cancer...
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7 tips to lower long-distance travel risks

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - As families pile into cars heading south for Turkey Day, or board airplanes toward the opposite coast, traveling safely is the priority...
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Did Paterno ignore racism at Penn State?

Chika Oduah
theGRIO REPORT - Former Penn State students say legendary football coach, Joe Paterno failed to address a scandal involving hate letters sent to black football players...
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Ali says he'll remember Frazier with respect

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(AP) - There was a time when Muhammad Ali taunted Joe Frazier relentlessly, called him ugly and challenged his manhood...
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Braxton takes time out for cancer survivors

Amelia McGriff
theGRIO REPORT - For one day, The YMCA of Greater Atlanta housed some of the smartest, most beautiful woman you'll ever meet...
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1st tenured black professor at Harvard Law dies

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NEW YORK (AP) - A civil rights scholar who became the first tenured black professor at Harvard Law School has died. Derrick Bell was 80...
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