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Cavs owner fined $100,000, defends stance on LeBron

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CLEVELAND (AP) - NBA commissioner David Stern said it was OK for Gilbert to express his disappointment, but some of the comments were 'a little bit extreme.'...
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Cavs owner defends 'cowardly' LeBron claim

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CLEVELAND (AP) - Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says he "strongly" disagrees with Jesse Jackson's criticism of his recent comments about superstar LeBron James...
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Does NBA management suffer from a 'slave master mentality'?

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - Rev. Jesse Jackson is right when he says that LeBron James is seen as a piece of property by guys like Dan Gilbert...
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Jesse Jackson: Cavs owner comments 'personify a slave master mentality'

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CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert sees LeBron James as a 'runaway slave'...
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Attorney General: Court challenge possible on immigration law

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder says the federal government may challenge Arizona's new law on immigration...
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Sharpton's National Action Network: An organization like no other

Dr. Boyce Watkins
OPINION - They don't get together to talk about what will make the world a better place, they actually get out there and do it...
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J. Bruce Llewellyn, innovative black businessman, dies at 82

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Now deceased J. Bruce Llewellyn was one of the nation's richest African-Americans, with a personal wealth estimated at times to exceed $160 million...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson urges KFC to hire more blacks

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Rainbow PUSH, Rev. Jesse Jackson is urging food service giant YUM! Brands, the owner of KFC and others food chains, to encourage and hire more black-owned franchises...
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Rev. Jackson: Health reform a boon for blacks

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VIDEO - Jesse Jackson reacts to the National Urban League's the State of Black America report that was released today...
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Clockwise from top right: Tavis Smiley, Dorothy Height, Jesse Jackson, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rev. Al Sharpton, Prof. Cornel West

Slideshow: Friends or foes? Where black leaders stand with Obama

David A. Love
Who among these influential African-Americans support the president or challenge him the most?...
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