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		<title>Teaneck names first African American to fire chief post</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joseph Ax, NorthJersey.com Anthony Verley was sworn in as the town&#8217;s newest fire chief this week, the first time this diverse town has named a black man to the post. &#8220;When you make a milestone like that, it&#8217;s after the sacrifices of many before you,&#8221; Verley said Wednesday. &#8220;I appreciate that there are many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2451&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio governor picks running mate, 1st Black woman, as high court justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE: Associated Press (Ohio.com) Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland picked the woman who ran at his side in his failed re-election bid as the next justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Yvette McGee Brown will be the first black woman to serve on the state&#8217;s highest court and the third black justice in Ohio history. She [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2446&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A healthy trend at medical schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kemba Dunham, Boston Globe As a child, Ryan Rasmus dreamed of being a doctor. Now, the 22-year-old is a first-year student at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. “There is a great responsibility that comes with this education,’’ said Rasmus, an African-American who is originally from Houston. ’’It will enable me to impact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2443&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin to speak at Appalachian’s Dec. 12 commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE Appalachian State University U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin will deliver the commencement address Dec. 12 at Appalachian State University. She will speak on “The Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation.” Benjamin will address graduates of the College of Arts and Science, Reich College of Education and University College at 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2439&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oral histories of African-Americans now online</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE: Associated Press The public can now listen to stories of segregation, community life and other issues important to Springfield&#8217;s African-American community simply by logging onto a computer. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has put the oral histories online through a partnership with the Springfield African American History Foundation. State historian Tom Schwartz [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2434&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bramlett&#8217;s Q-School achievement a milestone in African-American golf</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Farrell Evans, Golf.com The history of African-American golf has some notable milestones. In 1961, the fall of the PGA&#8217;s caucasian-only clause gave men like Charlie Sifford and Pete Brown a chance to play on the PGA Tour. In 1975, Lee Elder became the first African-American to play in the Masters. (Four years later, he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2431&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A stash of love letters results in Vanderbilt scholar’s first book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE: Vanderbilt University Long-neglected love letters between a domestic servant husband and his teacher wife have provided an important part of a new book that tracks how middle class African American marriages evolved in the early and mid 20th century. Stormy Weather: Middle-Class African American Marriages between the World Wars, published by The University of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2427&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Black Students Who Attend HBCUs More Successful in Math, Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Moore, Black Web 2.0 According to a recent study done by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities are more likely to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). On Monday, The Commission released its annual briefing report  on The Educational Effectiveness of Historically [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2424&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bass Spreads Holiday Cheer at Florida Hospital for Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Savage, Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic always make an extra effort to increase their immense number of off-the-court endeavors around the holiday season. This year is no different. Prior to heading on his team’s west coast trip, the Magic’s Brandon Bass paid a visit to pediatric patients at Florida Hospital for Children to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2420&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Signs Bill Settling African-American Farmers&#8217; and Native Americans&#8217; Lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOURCE: ABC Radio Signing a law that he says closes a “long and unfortunate chapter” in the nation’s history, President Obama put his signature on the bill Wednesday to settle African-American farmers’ and Native Americans’ lawsuits against the federal government. “This is one of those issues where you don&#8217;t always get political credit, but it&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=traditionofexcellence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2236690&amp;post=2416&amp;subd=traditionofexcellence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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