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From Elev8.com: First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign, Let’s Move is actively making positive strides with their mission to end childhood obesity.  The Partnership for a Healthier America recently announced an agreement with the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation(HWCF). This partnership is a huge step towards reducing the child obesity epidemic in the United States.  Interim President and CEO […]

SCLC co-founder and Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks From the AJC.com: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is in a very public fight with itself, a battle that some fear will kill one of the nation’s premier civil rights groups. “The Klan couldn’t destroy the SCLC, and the CIA couldn’t destroy the SCLC,” said state Rep. […]

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From NewsOne.com: Rand Paul, who is running for Senator from Kentucky, has been critical of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He says he believes that private businesses have a right to discriminate against people by race. He has recently been under fire for for those beliefs in the Louisville Courier-Journal: The trouble with Dr. […]

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The First Lady Michelle Obama debuted a new look for last night’s White House state dinner with the president of Mexico. Michelle wore a one-shoulder shimmery-blue gown by designer Peter Soronen and wore her hair in a curly up-do.