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Kwanzaa Kwanzaa is a relatively new holiday for December - one that's only been around since the 1960s. Created by Dr. Maulana "Ron" Karenga of the U.S., Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration of black history, origins, principles and traditions...  |
Salon.com December 1, 2000 Scott Malcomson |
Mixing it up The author of "One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race" picks five books in which racial lines go blurry...  |
Salon.com November 29, 2000 Trey Ellis |
Black self-sabotage An African-American scholar says we're holding ourselves back. I say, "Who're you calling 'we'?"  |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 Stephen Bender |
Oh God, you devil Black Entertainment Television has put sleazy televangelist Robert Tilton back on the air. Is BET giving people what they want, or taking advantage of the faithful?  |
Salon.com November 11, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Powerless at the polls Black voters complain about their treatment at Florida polls...  |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Harsh lessons How the drug war cost Al Gore African-American votes in Florida...  |
Salon.com November 2, 2000 Anthony York |
Muslims charge they are being scapegoated Both candidates in the New York Senate contest have refused to meet with Arabs. Is that really the way to court the Jewish vote?  |
Salon.com November 1, 2000 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues...  |
Salon.com October 26, 2000 Michael Sragow |
Black like Spike In a wide-ranging interview, our most audacious filmmaker blasts gangsta rap, hails the Original Kings of Comedy and talks about his scorching blackface farce, "Bamboozled"...  |
Salon.com October 24, 2000 Erin Aubry-Kaplan |
Post-traumatic slavery syndrome African-Americans are killing themselves at an unprecedented rate. In "Lay My Burden Down," Alvin Poussaint and Amy Alexander try to explain why...  |
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