Long before Public Enemy urged the need to "Fight the Power" or N.W.A.
offered a crude rebuke of the police, Gil-Scott Heron was articulating
the rage and the disillusionment of the black masses through song and
spoken word.
Offering a lift to a flood beleaguered city, President Barack Obama
hailed the transformation of a once struggling but venerable Memphis
high school Monday, telling its graduates, "You inspire me, that's why
I'm here."
Venus Williams pulled out of the French Open on Friday, 24 hours after
her younger sister Serena withdrew, making it the first Grand Slam
tournament since 2003 without either Williams.
A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the Chicago Fire
Department must hire 111 African Americans who passed a firefighters
entrance exam 16 years ago and pay millions of dollars to thousands
more who took and passed the same test.
First lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told
the 550 graduating from Spelman College, an historically black women's
school, that no matter where they go, they need to bring the school's
ideals to the world.
