First Black Daily Newspaper Founded
Thirty-seven years after the first Black newspaper in America was founded in New York City (Freedom’s Journal, 1827) the Black press reached another milestone with the launching of the New Orleans Tribune, destined to become the race’s first daily news publication.

The Tribune’s roots can be traced to another landmark event that saw the first Black newspaper published in the South. That was L’Union (the Union) a paper published in both French and English beginning in 1862 during the Civil War.

Sears employee wins $5.2 million jury award for racial harassment

The African American employee of Sears Home Improvement Products in Natomas was at an August 2008 company barbecue with his family, court records say. A co-worker walked up and blurted a racial slur, issued with a "slave dialect."

"Medro calls me Masta," co-worker Paul St. Hilaire said, according to court records.

Then St. Hilaire started laughing.

Johnson, an Elk Grove resident and a descendant of slaves, would later testify in court that he was humiliated to be referred to as a slave in front of his wife, son and daughter.

Last Friday, after a one-month trial and more than eight hours of deliberation, a Sacramento Superior Court jury gave Johnson the last laugh.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/26/4007173/sears-employee-wins-52-million.html#ixzz1c514zNJh

U.S. judge approves settlement for black farmers

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.25 billion settlement in a decades-old discrimination case by black farmers, clearing the way for them to seek compensation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for being left out of farm aid programs.

The decision helps tens of thousands of farmers who had been denied part of an earlier 1999 settlement because they missed the filing deadline.


U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman wrote in an order approving the agreement that Congress by waiving the statute of limitations has further redressed "the historic discrimination against African-American farmers." He called the settlement "fair, reasonable, and adequate."

National Black Farmers Association president said it was "a very important step that should provide assurance to the black farmers that each of their cases will now move towards a resolution."

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/26/4007173/sears-employee-wins-52-million.html#ixzz1c50Q1CdZ

Stop and frisk outcry: 87% of those stopped by police in Bronx are not arrested

Willie Hazzard was walking down Westchester Ave. with his two children the other day, wearing a black Transformers fitted hat, black and white Rocawear leather varsity jacket, black jeans, black Jordans and diamond studs in his ears.


This outfit, he says, makes him a target for cops to stop and frisk him - something which he says has happened 17 times since he moved to Soundview two years ago.


None of the encounters resulted in arrest, he said.


The NYPD stop-and-frisk policy has recently come under fire again after a Staten Island cop was charged with falsely arresting a black man following a stop and then bragging on tape, "I fried another n-----."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2011/10/27/2011-10-27_brisk_biz_in_frisks_92_stopped_in_boro_by_cops_black_or_hispanic.html#ixzz1c53GkHB0

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Why You Need to Be Proud of Your Dark Skin

In a world where having a light skin is exalted as an ultimate sign of beauty, wearing a skin with a dark complexion is not usually a huge cause for bragging. And yet it is. The black pigment in your skin, something you will possibly remember as being referred to as melanin in your health science classes in primary school, is the single reason you are largely protected from this type of cancer (cancer of the skin).

That pigment, melanin, acts as a sort of shield, a protection from ultra-violet rays from the sun. The absence of which, manifested in a more light coloured skin, opens the gates for the rays to come in, cause damage to the skin, and leave cancer enjoying the time of its life.

While the very dark skinned people should thus look at their skins as a blessing, light skinned people, Whites, and most importantly, the albino population, should pay special attention to these cancers, and how they can best be nipped in the bud.

Rihanna's New Music Video Enrages Anti-Rape Group

Rihanna's has upset an anti-rape organization with her music video "We Found Love," which depicts a tumultuous relationship between the songstress and her co-star, Dudley O'Shaughnessy, who just so happens to look a lot like her ex, Chris Brown.

"Rihanna's new video is a disgrace. It sends the message that she is an object to be possessed by men, which is disturbingly what we see in real violence cases."

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/tv/tvguide/article/Rihanna-s-New-Music-Video-Enrages-Anti-Rape-Group-2239224.php#ixzz1c55cH0it

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SOUND OFF: 53 And Pregnant! How Old Is Too Old?

Whether it’s a demanding career or the struggle to find Mr. Right, more women are postponing motherhood. Advancements in medicine have made it easier than ever to have children at 40 — even 50.


But pregnancy later in life is not without controversy.