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Nelson Mandela spends 'restful' Easter in hospital 2013-04-01 11:18:54
"Mandela, 94, was hospitalized in Pretoria on Wednesday to receive treatment for a recurrance of pneumonia." According to South Africa's presidency, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela spent a "restful" Easter in the hospital, where doctors continued to see further improvement in...
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Read MoreObama slams Trump over Black comments! 2016-09-24 05:46:27
President Barack Obama slammed the Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump for his comments on the African-American community as recent police shootings of black men and the violent protests, which followed them, inject sensitive questions about race into the presidential contest....
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Read More106-year-old Virginia McLaurin dances with Barack Obama 2016-02-23 12:38:41
At 106 years old, Virginia McLaurin says she can finally die happy after meeting President Barack Obama, she’s seen more than a dozen presidents come and go. The grandmother said that when she saw the president and first lady Michelle...
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Read MoreFed Reserve Bank Named Its First Black President 2017-03-14 13:11:42
On Monday, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta shattered a 104-year-old racial barrier by naming Raphael W. Bostic as its new president. Mr. Bostic, an economist and also a former housing policy official in the Obama administration. Mr. Bostic will...
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