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Spotlight Shines on Local Black Theater Legend In the 1950s, Vinie Burrows helped pave the way for other black actresses, and she's not done yet. News 4's Shiba Russell has her story.
Feb 21, 2012

Pos Black: A Better Chance Scholar

Pos Black: A Better Chance Scholar

A NEW PROGRAM IS GIVING STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO PUSH THEMSELVES EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES. IT'S CALLED "A BETTER CHANCE" AND IT'S PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION AS IT'S NEEDED MORE THAN

Feb 21, 2012

Positively Black: Sugar Ray Leonard

Positively Black: Sugar Ray Leonard

After a legendary career in the ring, former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard has taken his talents to the silver screen for the movie "Real Steel." Tracie Strahan caught up with the former champ for this edition...

Feb 21, 2012

Positively Black : DJ Ralph McDaniels

Positively Black : DJ Ralph McDaniels

Before MTV and BET started doing it, a New York native created a television show exclusively dedicated to hip hop music.Recently a branch of the Queens Library paid tribute to Video Music Box creator...

Feb 21, 2012

Positively Black: Summer reads

Positively Black: Summer reads

Tracie Strahan interview senior editor Patrik Henry Bass of Essence magazine about the best summer reads.

Feb 21, 2012

Positively Black; Natural Hair

Positively Black; Natural Hair

When it comes to the latest trend in hairstyles, many Black women are choosing to return to their natural roots...Deciding not to relax or chemically straighten their hair, and instead growing and...

Feb 21, 2012

Positively Black: Harlem: A Century of Images

Positively Black: Harlem: A Century of Images

If you think you know what life is like in Harlem, a new book could change your mind. 100 years of iconic images taken by award-winning photograhers chronicle the people and places that made the...

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On Memorial Day, Remember and Honor

On Memorial Day, Remember and Honor

The history behind Memorial Day and the recent efforts of the Memorial Day Foundation to preserve the lives of those honored by the holiday.

Man Who Knew Patz Suspect Speaks

Man Who Knew Patz Suspect Speaks

When police dug up a SoHo basement last month in a fruitless search for the remains of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared in 1979, Lucy Suarez saw the news on TV and wished that the family of the missin...

Motocyclist Killed by Ambulance in Brooklyn

Motocyclist Killed by Ambulance in Brooklyn

A motorcyclist is dead after he was struck and killed by an ambulance in Brooklyn.

Woman Says Box of Sister's Ashes Stolen

Woman Says Box of Sister's Ashes Stolen

A Staten Island woman says thieves who burglarized her home took some jewelry along with something far more valuable — her younger sister's ashes.

Critics Protest JFK Bird-Kill Plan

Critics Protest JFK Bird-Kill Plan

Critics are crying foul over a plan to control bird populations near New York City's JFK Airport.

First Lady, Daughters Watch Beyonce in NJ

First Lady, Daughters Watch Beyonce in NJ

Michelle Obama was with the single ladies this weekend, joining 5,500 fans at a Beyonce concert in Atlantic City.

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