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Houston Style Goes One-on-One with Comedic Legend Dick Gregory
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The Changing Scope of Black Radio in Houston
Music has always been a connecting element for African Americans. From the moment we knew there was sound, we have used it to make music as a way to both entertain and communicate. In the early years, music was made with the use of our mouths and body parts. We advanced to add the dimensions of instruments. Those various sounds combine to make beautiful music and our yearn for a larger platform to showcase our musical talents grew.
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5 Things for Your New Day
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Kansas Shooting Survivor Recalls Deadly Night: 'I still feel this is not reality'
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Music Industry Insider Shanti Das Works on Health Awareness in Atlanta
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Jon Stewart's Message for the Media: Stop Whining About Trump
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Donald Trump Grades Himself C Grade for Messaging, A In Achievement
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TSU President Joins Collegiate Leadership at White House
Dr. Austin Lane participates in session seeking support for HBCUs
Texas Southern University President Dr. Austin A. Lane was among 64 presidents and chancellors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who attended the White House Domestic Policy Council listening session in Washington, DC. The gathering – dubbed the ‘HBCU Fly-In’ – was held amid reports of an executive order to move the initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities out of the Department of Education and into the White House.
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HBCU Presidents at the White House
Published on March 1, 2017
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Lawmakers Marvel at Smooth, Measured Trump Speech
President Donald Trump delivered a sweeping prime-time address Tuesday without the hiccups and bombast that have put Republicans on edge for months, ticking through his administration's top priorities without distraction and leaving even some Democrats worried.
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5 Things for Wednesday, March 1: Trump, Tornadoes
The most unorthodox of politicians struck a conventional presidential posture during his speech to Congress last night. Donald Trump conjured a vision of common national purpose, shifting his tone from the dark, searing approach of his previous big speeches to the nation. The question now is whether the President was previewing a new, more sober political persona or will he soon return to his combative habits?
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Setting aside the tumultuous way it happened, "Moonlight" capped off an astonishing award-season run with its best picture victory at the Oscars, having swept the Independent Spirit Awards the night before.
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PwC: 'We failed the Academy' in Best Picture Mess Up
PricewaterhouseCoopers has taken "full responsibility" for the mistakes and "breaches of established protocols" that led to "La La Land" mistakenly being named best picture at the Oscars on Sunday night in one of the most infamous gaffes in the show's history.
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Georgia Couple Gets Prison for Racist Threats at Child's Birthday Party
A Georgia couple who rode with a Confederate flag-waving group that made armed threats against African-Americans at a child's birthday party were sentenced to prison Monday.
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Pentagon Sends ISIS Options To White House
The Pentagon has sent the White House the expected preliminary options for accelerating the fight against ISIS that President Donald Trump ordered 30 days ago, according to a US official.
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Trump to propose $54 Billion In cuts To 'Most Federal Agencies'
President Donald Trump's first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defense programs, the White House said Monday.
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Historic Oscar Victories For ESPN, Netflix And Amazon
Two streaming services and one television network went home with Oscar statuettes on Sunday night.
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GOP Returns to Daunting Task of Dismantling Obamacare, Selling Its Plan to Trump
Republicans return to Washington on Monday to what is becoming an increasingly daunting undertaking: Dismantling Obamacare.
