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Dec 7, 2011 at 6:00 am

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Cosby Recalls Baseball Youth: ‘I Wasn’t Any Good’

Cosby Recalls Baseball Youth: ‘I Wasn’t Any Good’

Bill Cosby played football at Temple, ran track for the Owls and still attends their basketball games.

But baseball? Not so much while growing up at the Richard Allen projects in Philadelphia.

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“No, no, no. I wasn’t any good,” the comedian told The Associated Press recently. “But I was fast. I think I held the record for the highest

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Dec 7, 2011 at 5:00 am

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Ludacris Announces Educational Website For Kids

Ludacris Announces Educational Website For Kids

Allhiphop.com is reporting that rapper Ludacris is launching a new website for kids to learn academic and social skills, Karmasworld.com :

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“The site touches on subjects like, the rewards of hard work and importance of learning manners as well as the idea that doing good deeds for others will bring good into your life – which is the meaning of the word Karma,”

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Mildred Gaddis

Oct 29, 2010 at 4:32 pm

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Will Black Youth, The “Most Connected” Generation Ever, Vote In 2010?

Will Black Youth, The “Most Connected” Generation Ever, Vote In 2010?

For young voters, November 2, 2010, like every election, is about our future. Even the 2008 presidential election. Yes, Barack Obama was a compelling candidate, but people turned out in record numbers because they believed that he had a plan for their future. This election is about the same thing.

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Mildred Gaddis

Aug 3, 2010 at 5:05 pm

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Texas In Desperate Need Of Minority Teachers

Texas In Desperate Need Of Minority Teachers

Texas schools need to hire more black and Hispanic teachers, especially as the enrollment of minority students continues to rise, experts said.

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Mildred Gaddis

Aug 3, 2010 at 4:17 pm

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More Programs Teaching Minority Kids To Swim

More Programs Teaching Minority Kids To Swim

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Six-year-old Queen Epps is decked out in her pink Spongebob Squarepants bathing suit and green goggles, ready to learn how to hold her breath.

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Mildred Gaddis

Aug 3, 2010 at 3:28 pm

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New Study Indicates Increasing Black Support For Charter Schools

New Study Indicates Increasing Black Support For Charter Schools

This past week the NAACP, the National Urban League and other civil-rights groups collectively condemned charter schools. Claiming to speak for minority Americans, the organizations expressed “reservations” about the Obama administration’s “extensive reliance on charter schools.” They specifically voiced concern about “the overrepresentation of charter schools in low-income and predominantly minority communities.”

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Mildred Gaddis

Aug 3, 2010 at 12:18 pm

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Two Killed, Six Injured At Indiana House Party [VIDEO]

Two Killed, Six Injured At Indiana House Party [VIDEO]

The morning after a masked gunman killed two people and wounded six more at a party, police in Indianapolis, Indiana, were still on the scene investigating, authorities said Tuesday.

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Mildred Gaddis

Aug 3, 2010 at 11:27 am

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Getting Shot At In Chicago [OPINION]

Getting Shot At In Chicago [OPINION]

Last week a 13-year old boy named Robert Freeman was shot 22 times while riding his bicycle in front of his home on Chicago’s far south side. Last night I almost became a statistic while taking my daily walk in another south-Chicago neighborhood not far from where Freeman was killed.

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Mildred Gaddis

Jul 28, 2010 at 7:54 am

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College Bound Teen Comatose After NYPD Beatdown

College Bound Teen Comatose After NYPD Beatdown

From NYDailyNews.com:

A Brooklyn teen who was about to start college spent four days in a coma after he was slammed to the ground by cops in a post-barbecue beatdown, his mother and lawyer say.

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Mildred Gaddis

Jul 15, 2010 at 12:02 pm

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More Blacks Learn To Swim, But Numbers Still Low

More Blacks Learn To Swim, But Numbers Still Low

From STLToday.com:

Eight-year-old Davion Chatman does a handstand in about three feet of water in the Fairground Pool one recent afternoon. Nearby, his brother, Chris Chatman, 13, rolls himself into a ball and does somersaults.

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