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Wimbledon's Grass Courts Have Grown Black Tennis Champions Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, which began June 25, has been the scene of major triumphs by African-American players.
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Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill pled guilty on Friday to three counts of failing to file federal income tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007. According to information provided by U.S. District Court in New Jersey, Hill earned $818,000 in 2005. In 2006, Hill’s total gross income was more than $222,000 and in 2007, she received $761,000. In each of these years, Hill, former lead singer for the Fugees
Job growth in the nonfarm-private business sector increased by 176,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis in June, which was well above economists' estimates that 100,000 jobs would be created.
He now has 74 Career Victories on Tour Tiger Woods, who won the AT&T National on Sunday, said he's proud to be alone in second place with PGA Tour wins. "It feels great to get 74 wins and obviously pass Jack
by Frederick H. Lowe President Barack Obama's Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week was constitutional, spotlights the number of African Americans who lacked health insurance when the bill became law on March 23, 2010.
With the United States Supreme Court upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 12.8 million Americans will receive $1.1 billion in rebates from their health-insurance providers, said Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services.
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision, which upheld President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection Affordable Health Act, will eliminate any barriers to
The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act requires U.S. citizens to purchase health insurance or pay the Internal Revenue Service, beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
by Frederick H. Lowe During the heated days two years ago as Congress was preparing to vote on the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Act, racist white Tea Party members lined
Attorney General Eric Holder, who was held in contempt during a vote by the Republican-led U. S. House of Representatives that prompted Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members to march out in protest, called the vote misguided and politically motivated during an election year. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to hold Holder in contempt for withholding documents about a
This is the second lawsuit settlement against YRC Freight in the Chicago area by Frederick H. Lowe Black employees of a now closed Yellow Transportation Inc., facility in Chicago Ridge, Ill., endured a terrible work atmosphere in order to earn a living, according to a lawsuit that was settled out-of-court against the nation's leading trucking company.
Florida Judge Kenneth B. Lester Jr. on Thursday set bail at $1 million for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of an unarmed Trayvon Martin. "The defendant has the ability to post such bail. This increased bail is not a punishment; it is meant to allay this court's concern that the defendant intended to flee the jurisdiction and a lesser amount would not ensure his presence in court," Lester, a circuit court judge in Seminole County, wrote in an eight-page decision. Lester noted that he released Zimmerman on a $150,000 bail on April 20, but the judge later heard testimony and received substantial evidence, regarding Zimmerman's finances. According to court documents, Zimmerman received nearly $200,000 in donations, and he had $130,000 available to him.
A federal judge in Brooklyn, N. Y., sentenced Gary Foster, a former vice president of Citigroup Inc.'s Internal Treasury Finance Department, to eight years in prison after he admitted to
by Helen Reichert Lambin It happened more than 40 years ago, in August of 1966. But I’ve never forgotten it. How could I? That was when I lost hold of my son’s hand
July 5 through July 11 Wimbledon's Grass Courts Have Grown Black Tennis Champions Wimbledon, the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, which began June 25, has been the scene of major triumphs by African-American players. Althea Gibson led the way when on July 6, 1957, she became the first African American to win the Women's Singles championship at Wimbledon, which is held at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, England. Gibson defeated American Darlene Hard to win the title. A year later, she won her second Women's Singles title, defeating Angela Mortimer Barrett of the United Kingdom.