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Seven Shot in Harlem, Cops on the Hunt for Gunman
PATRICIA DEL RIO REPORTINGGunshots rang out on the streets of Harlem, injuring six teens Monday night. Police are now on the hunt for the suspects. Patricia Del Rio has the very latest. This was quite the scene last night. Marcus Garvey Park is a block away from here, and from...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Crimes, Police, Police Arrests, Assault
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City ready to roll out more public toilets
dfreedlander@am-ny.comNew York will soon be flush with public toilets, as officials announced Thursday the addition of four more to be installed around the city within the next six months. "Restrooms are an essential part of a livable city and we will not stall until we...Tags: Williamsburg, New York, Bay Ridge
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"Ida: A Sword Among Lions" by Paula J. Giddings
By Eric Arnesen The lynching of three black men in Memphis in early 1892 was, in many ways, nothing out of the ordinary. The use of violence by Southern whites to uphold an inequitable racial status quo was hardly new, for extralegal violence was...Tags: Civil Rights, Crimes, Elections, Health and Safety at School, Racism
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Father arrested in deadly beating of Brooklyn tot
A father was arrested in the beating death of his 3-year-old daughter as authorities removed three other children and the family dog from his home. Jason Marcelle, 33, was arrested on charges of murder and manslaughter against a person less than 11 years...Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Murder, Crimes, Police, Police Arrests
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Polarizing figure
By Eric Arnesen Few figures in African-American history are as controversial among their contemporaries or later historians as Marcus Garvey. During and after World War I, the Jamaican-born immigrant to Harlem briefly skyrocketed to prominence through...Tags: Government, Civil Rights, History, Justice and Rights, National Government
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See Obama for who he is
The month of February saw one victory after another in the astonishing, historic ascent of Barack Obama as a presidential contender. It seemed like perfect timing to me -- Obama marched steadily toward the ultimate political prize week after week during...Tags: Mental Illness, Elections, History, Kansas, Barack Obama
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Those who knew King pay tribute
Read what the people who knew the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. thought of him and the civil rights movement in Voices: Reflections on an American Icon Through Words and Song. The book includes locals Darryl R. Matthews Sr., general president of Alpha...Tags: Christianity, Julian Bond, Toy Industry, Martin Luther King Jr., Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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City Living: Bedford-Stuy
Special to amNewYork"I've been stranded in the combat zone/I walked through Bedford-Stuy alone." If Billy Joel's words were prescient in his 1980 song "You May Be Right," they're downright amusing now. Because even though pockets of this vast central Brooklyn neighborhood...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Rentals, Apartments, Malcolm X, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Who made Sharpton the official spokesman?
Beg pardon, but who died and made Al Sharpton president of African-Americans? Not that Sharpton has ever declared himself as such. But the fact that some regard him as black America's chief executive was driven home for the umpteenth time a few days...Tags: Government, Mass Media, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Michael Richards
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Snapshots in time
Significant local events in nearly four centuries of African-American history:
1626: Slavery is introduced in New York, then known as the colony of New Netherlands, as 11 blacks are brought in for enforced work.
1706: New York colonial law prohibits...Tags: Government, Jackie Robinson, Police, History, Colleges and Universities
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BBQ dos and don'ts
Special to amNewYorkA cool breeze and a stretch of grass are all you need to make a summer meal more enjoyable. But if you plan to take your cooking out of the kitchen and into the parks this summer, be sure the follow the city's barbecuing rules: You can only grill in... -
Southwest Harlem
Special to amNewYorkThe revival of Harlem is well known. But the area of Manhattan that was once the Dutch village of Nieuw Haarlem is a vast one, stretching from the Hudson River to the East Side. Of all the parts of Harlem, few are feeling the winds of change as much...Tags: Government, Henry Taylor, Ella Fitzgerald, Magic Johnson, Sales
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