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African-American Contributions to History and Society. PBS
throughout the year, invites viewers to explore the vast contributions of
African Americans. In honor and celebration of Black History Month,
February 2010, PBS presents new and encore programs, beginning in
January and continuing through February...More
President Obama’s Aunt Ask to stay in the United States. Zeituni
Onyango fears her life will be endangered if she is forced to return to
Kenya. She’s arguing she could be a target of tribal violence. Paternal
aunt of President Obama, she is a member of the Luo tribe the minority
in Kenya, which has historically been dominated by the Kikuyu tribe.
Onyango, 57, has been living in Boston and has been under a
deportation order since 2004 when her request for asylum was denied
by a US Immigration Court judge.
Charges Will Be Filed in Michael Jackson's Death. Dr. Conrad
Murray, working as Michael Jackson 's personal physician during the
singer's preparation for comeback concerts, will be charged with
involuntary manslaughter, after administering a hospital-strength
anesthetic propofol and sedatives at his rented mansion to help him
sleep.
Haitian Parents Sent Children With Missionaries. Orphanage
worker told the villagers their children would be educated at a home in
the Dominican Republic so that they might eventually return to take care
of their families. It's only because the bus was full that more children
didn't go," said a Haitian parent, who gave her daughter, age 10, to the
Americans.
White Americans' Majority To End. The total population should
climb to 399 million by 2050, under the new projection, with whites
making up 49.9 percent, Blacks will make up 12.2 percent, virtually
unchanged from today. Hispanics will rise to 28 percent.
Charles Taylor the first African head of state to be tried by an
international court, blamed an "intelligence plot" for the fact that he is
standing trial for war crimes. He being charged with war crimes.
Seek African Roots More blacks in the United States are looking for their African roots, with the interest in DNA testing fueling a push for dual citizenship
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Liberia, "land of the free," was founded by African-Americans and freed slaves from the United States in 1822 by 1847, they were able to establish a republic. The African-American Mosaic
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MLK. Day January 18, 2010 Black History Month February 2010
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