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Gen. Colin Powell

Colin Powell

Powell speaks out on GOP 'intolerance'

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VIDEO - Gen. Colin Powell slammed the Republican Party Sunday for what he calls a 'dark vein of intolerance' running through it, saying members of the GOP "still look down on minorities" and that the party needs to change, or it's 'going to be in trouble'...
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"I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me."
~Muhammad Ali

Black icons reflect on patriotism

Caryn Freeman
SLIDSHOW - Black Ameircans have demonstrated their allegiance and respect for America through decades of struggle and in justice.
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Before 1940, African-Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African-American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

Remembering America's black war heroes

Marquise Francis
SLIDESHOW - This Memorial Day, theGrio has compiled a list of African-American war heroes who have left their mark on this great nation...
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