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Michelle Obama Headed To Mexico Next Month

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 4:00 PM

First Lady Michelle Obama heads to Mexico next month for her first solo official trip overseas since President Obama took office.

She will visit Mexico City to build on a meeting she had with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala de Calderon in February. On the agenda will be "issues of education and economic advancement of both countries." said an official White House statement.

Here's to us wishing the First Lady a fantastic trip and giving the people of Mexico a chance to understand first-hand why we adore her so.

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Black Woman Named High School Football Coach

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 1:24 PM

In a historic moment for women in sports, Washington D.C. science teacher Natalie Randolph has been named head coach of the Calvin Coolidge Senior High School football team, reports CNN. Randolph is believed to be the first head varsity coach in the country.

"While I'm proud to be part of what this all means," she said at a new conference this week. "Being female has nothing to do with it. I love football, I love teaching, I love these kids. My being female has nothing to do with my support and respect for my players on the field and in the classroom..."

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Walmart's Black Barbie Price Cut Reignites Doll Debate

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 10:30 AM

by Yolanda Sangweni

A Walmart store in Louisiana caused a stir for selling a Black Barbie at half the price of White Barbies last week. The Black Barbie was $3 and the White, $5.93. A spokesperson for Walmart said the dolls weren't selling well, hence the price cut.

But sociologists and analysts are taking issue with the retailers sale and say it sends the wrong message about Blackness. "The implication of the lowering of the price is that's devaluing the Black doll," Thelma Dye of the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem told ABC News...

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Entire Chicago HS Graduating Class Going to College

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 4:20 PM

All 107 students in the first graduating class of Chicago high school Urban Prep are heading to college. Founded in 2006, the all-male, all-African-American charter school in Englewood that emphasizes a uniform of embroidered blazers and ties, set out to improve its students odds of getting in to college and getting ahead.

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The Rise and Fall of Social Secretary Desiree Rogers

Friday, March 12, 2010 - 12:00 PM

Desiree Rogers made the front page of the New York Times today, in a profile on the rise and fall of the former White House Social Secretary, who stepped down from her position months after the now-infamous State Dinner party crashers incident.

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40 Women Who Have Influenced The World

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 4:15 PM

by Jenisha Watts

In honor of the 40th anniversary of ESSENCE magazine, Women's History Month, and this past Monday being International Women's Day, we present 40 women who have influenced the world.

Check out who made our list. Let us know who you would add below...

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White House, Here We Come: CBC Meeting on Jobs

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 2:15 PM

by Cynthia Gordy

President Obama is meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus again today, this time about jobs. And coming just after the passage of a jobs bill that failed to include any of the main proposals that African-American lawmakers advocated for, they will have plenty to talk about! Our Washington correspondent Cynthia Gordy, gives us all the latest updates in D.C.

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Dan Rather: Obama 'Couldn't Sell Watermelons'

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 12:10 PM

Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather put his foot in his mouth during an appearance on the Chris Matthews Show, when, in describing the Republicans' view of Barack Obama's ability to get the health care bill passed, he used a watermelon analogy.

Rather said his comment had nothing to do with race and blamed viral media for misconstruing his words...

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Michelle Obama's Inaugural Gown Makes History

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 3:30 PM

by Cynthia Gordy

Continuing a long tradition of First Ladies donating gowns to the Smithsonian (their comprehensive collection includes one worn by Martha Washington), today First Lady Michelle Obama presented her 2009 inaugural gown to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. You remember the one--the white silk chiffon, one-shouldered number embellished with organza flowers and Swarovski crystals?

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Oldest African American Dies at 113

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 3:20 PM

Just shy of her 114th birthday, Daisey Bailey, believed to be the oldest African American, passed away in Detroit today, the Detroit Free Press reported. Born and raised in Watertown Tennessee, Bailey worked on a plantation until she moved to Pontiac, Michigan in 1943...

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