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The Black roots of Memorial Day
Category: National Written by NNPA News Service
by Valencia Mohammed
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. It is believed to have been initially proclaimed in 1868 to commemorate fallen Union and Confederate soldiers. The roots of the Memorial Day holiday, however, reach further back to Black South Carolina, where newly freed slaves expressed gratitude for the Yankee invasion that became the Civil War.
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| SOLEMN OBSERVANCE—President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the Vietnam Memorial on the National Mall on May 28. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Rhode Island cellist edges out African American finalists to win Miss USA crown
Category: National Written by Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP)—The nation’s newest Miss USA winner is a Rhode Island cellist who describes herself as a nerd and aspires to be more like Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn.
Olivia Culpo shares Hepburn’s European heritage and dark brown hair and soon they will share something else. Culpo said after winning her crown Sunday night that she plans to go to Tiffany & Co. in New York and recreate Hepburn’s iconic opening scene from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”
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| TOP FIVE—The five top five finalists, from left, Miss Ohio, Miss Maryland, Miss Rhode Island, Miss Nevada and Miss Georgia stand together during the 2012 Miss USA pageant, June 3, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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Rounding out the top five contestants, which included two African-Americans, were first runner-up Nana Meriwether of Maryland, second runner-up Audrey Bolte of Ohio, third runner-up Jade Kelsall of Nevada and fourth runner-up Jasmyn Wilkins of Georgia.
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This Week In Black History
Category: National Written by Robert N. Taylor
Week of June 6-12
June 6
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1790—Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable establishes a settlement which would eventually grow into the city of Chicago. The settlement would make the French-speaking, Santo Domingo-born Du Sable a wealthy man.
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U.S. Army toughens enlistment, re-enlistment requirement
Category: National Written by NNPA News Service
by Alexis Taylor
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—The Army has become significantly more selective about who it wants to serve as soldiers.
Last week’s announcement of tougher enlistment and re-enlistment requirements comes just weeks after an April announcement of tighter restrictions on tattoos, hair, and makeup came in April.
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Platters founder Herb Reed dies at 83
Category: National Written by Associated Press
BOSTON (AP)—Herb Reed, the last surviving original member of 1950s vocal group the Platters, who sang on hits like “Only You” and “The Great Pretender,” has died. He was 83.
Reed died on Monday in a Boston area hospice after a period of declining health that included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, manager Fred Balboni said.
Reed died on Monday in a Boston area hospice after a period of declining health that included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, manager Fred Balboni said.
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