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Young student
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Kiri Davis is a young filmmaker whose high school documentary has left audiences at film festivals across the country stunned -- and has re-ignited a powerful debate over race.
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Morehouse College Graduation 2006
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Commencement at Morehouse College is a time of tradition and celebration - but perhaps more so this year. Amid lamentations about the dearth of black men in higher education, Morehouse graduated its largest class ever - nearly 600 educated African American men. No other institution in the world can match this impressive number.
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Right to Shoot
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In the last year, 15 states have enacted laws that expand the right of self-defense, allowing crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to prosecution for murder.
Supporters call them ?stand your ground? laws. Opponents call them ?shoot first? laws.
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Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny
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Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Harper, a young black actor and graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School, offers similar inspiration to young men clamoring for advice and encouragement at a time when popular culture offers little positive direction. Interspersed throughout are e-mail inquiries from young men and Harper's responses and those of other celebrities, including Nas, Venus Williams, and Barack Obama. He devotes separate chapters to school and work, sex, and life aspirations, tackling such issues as single parenthood, sexually transmitted diseases, the allure of materialism, and the power of words and faith. Harper offers his personal story: a young man brought up by a demanding father, who developed a relationship with his mother only as he grew older. He views the youth of today as an evolved species, like the latest model car, with improvements that come from the experiences of those who came before. Although aimed at young black men, this book, with its contemporary language and approach, should have appeal for youth of both sexes and all races.
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From Negatives to Positives
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Discovery in News archives leads to publication of unseen photographs tracing progress of civil rights movement through Birmingham. To view the photo gallery, click on "More from the Special Report" at the bottom of the page.
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God's Yellow Pages
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The Bible with Concordances
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All that I have seen readies me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
Children need models, not critics.
Keep looking up. God is looking down.
To be lifted up, go down on your knees.
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