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'Safe House' wins holiday weekend with $27.5M

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Denzel Washington's action thriller 'Safe House' held the No. 1 spot at the box office with $27.5 million over the long President's Day weekend...
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The top 10 worst US presidents for black America

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SLIDESHOW - These presidents failed black America by either being indifferent, ineffective or hostile when dealing with crises like slavery, poverty and civil rights...
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Who were America's slave-owning presidents?

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Here it is again, the intersection of Presidents Day and Black History Month. Eight of our early presidents, beginning with George Washington, owned slaves during their tenure in the nation's highest office...
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Washington: the 'blackest name' in America

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(AP) - The 2000 U.S. Census counted 163,036 people with the surname Washington. Ninety percent of them were African-American...
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Should African-Americans celebrate LBJ's legacy?

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OPINION - Had he survived into the Facebook era, his relationship status with race matters might well have been filed under "It's complicated."...
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Beautyshop Buzz: How is Michelle Obama faring as first lady?

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VIDEO - Does she face different challenges because she is African-American?...
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Student party prompts anti-racism school campaign

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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The University of California, San Diego has initiated a campus-wide campaign against racism in the wake of a student party that used a ghetto theme to mockingly commemorate Black History Month...
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