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Comcast Announces Agreements with Four Minority-Owned Networks
Originally published February 22, 2012

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, recently announced it has selected four new minority-owned independent networks to be broadly distributed on Comcast Cable systems between April 2012 and January 2014.
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Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Former CBC Chair, Trade Diplomat Honored by International Affairs Group
by Zenitha Prince
February 17, 2012 - Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who once chaired the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rosa Whitaker, former assistant U.S. trade representative for Africa, were honored for their contributions to civil rights, social, global and economic justice and African development by a group of international affairs advocates Feb. 16.more More Arrow

Opponents of ‘stop-and-frisk' policy rally on Jan. 27 in the Bronx.
Disparities Persist in NYPD Stop-and-Frisks
by Zenitha Prince
February 17, 2012 - “For young people in my neighborhood, getting stopped and frisked is a rite of passage,” wrote Nicholas K. Peart, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, in a December 2011 opinion page essay in the New York Times titled, “Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?”more More Arrow

Study Finds Acceptance of Interracial Marriage on the Rise
by AFRO Staff
February 17, 2012 - The acceptance of interracial marriage is growing as more and more Americans marry spouses from different cultural and racial backgrounds.more More Arrow

New Ordinance Allows Citizens to Record Baltimore Police Actions
by Alexis Taylor
February 17, 2012 - A new directive to the Baltimore City Police Department (BCPD) allowing citizens to record police actions was only a few hours old when it was tested by a casual observer of an arrest. more More Arrow

College Round-Up Helps Place Students
by AFRO Staff
February 17, 2012 - The fourth annual College Round-Up is scheduled for March 10 at Edgecombe Community College in Tarboro, N.C., where students can meet with representatives from more than 20 post-secondary institutions.more More Arrow

Jason Bloom, Bloom Strategies Consulting
Modern Day Seer Uses Science to Predict Jury Verdicts
by Alexis Taylor
February 17, 2012 - There’s something unnerving about placing your fate in the hands of twelve strangers. While the people in the jury box of U.S. courtrooms are referred to as “peers,” they can easily turn into enemies if evidence and witness testimony is presented in a dim light.more More Arrow

Al Sharpton
New York City Police Infiltrate Sharpton’s Organization, Reporter Says
by AFRO Staff
February 16, 2012 - The National Action Network (NAN) is considering legal action against the New York Police Department in response to allegations that the department spied on the civil rights group and its leader, Rev. Al Sharpton.more More Arrow

NAACP Honors Black Stuntmen's Association at 43rd Annual Image Awards
by AFRO Staff
February 16, 2012 -

The founding members of the Black Stuntmen's Association (BSA) were honored with the NAACP President's Award at the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards that aired live on Friday, Feb. 17 on NBC.
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Comedian David Ackerman asking BYU students black history questions in Blackface.
Controversial Blackface Comedian Interviews BYU Students
by AFRO Staff
February 12, 2012 - Comedian David Ackerman wanted to see how much Brigham Young University students knew about Black history. So he got a makeup artist to paint him in blackface, and made a disturbing video documenting the experiment.more More Arrow

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