African-American - News September 13, 2011
Obesity, bigger waist may mean higher death risk for black women (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
Being obese and having a larger waist may be linked with a higher risk of dying for African American women, a study finds.
Our First Black President (The Atlantic)
Remember Mr. Coates, Morehouse College put Howard University on the map; the first African-American president of Howard University was a Morehouse Man, Dr.
NAACP Chapter Joins Maryland Coalition to Pass Marriage Equality Bill (MySoCalledGayLife)
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the broad and diverse coalition working to bring civil marriage equality to Maryland, today announced the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the newest member of its steering committee.
Nashville museum on African American music planned (The Macon Telegraph)
A new museum in the works for Nashville will aim to expand the public's idea of what makes the town Music City.
James Craig Anderson Was Killed Because he was Black not Because he was Gay (womanist-musings)
There is no doubt in my mind that this is a racial hate crime. I found his murder incredibly triggering and that is why I didn't write about it before. I have however been following this story very closely. As a Black mother with Black sons, what happened to Anderson represents my worst nightmare. This weekend as I was going through my reader, I noticed that several gay blogs have finally gotten around to writing about this story. Please note that Black blogs have been writing about Anderson's death since it happened, and I doubt that without their constant attention, that this story would have made the national news. At any rate, reading these gay blogs I learned that Anderson was Black and gay. A light bulb clicked on, and I realized why his death had suddenly been deemed worthy of coverage - his sexuality. When Anderson was just another Black man, who was a random victim of White supremacy, none of the GLBT blogs had a damn thing to say about it. I suppose it was considered not to be a gay issue. Now that it has been revealed that Anderson was a gay man, being beaten and then driven over by a truck is suddenly deemed horrifying. To that I say fuck you - fuck you ten thousand times over. They weren't screaming gay slurs at Anderson, they were screaming racial slurs at him and believing that you can appropriate his death to advance the cause of gay rights is repulsive.
National Panhellenic Council, NAACP and Black Caucus hold candlelight memorial (The Digital Collegian)
A crowd of people aggregated in front of Old Main with candles last night in remembrance of those who lost their lives on Sept.
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