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Demonstrators Sid Jacobo, left, and Jazel Flores, right, both University of California- Berkeley students, protest outside of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel heard arguments in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. More than 15 years after California banned affirmative action, a federal appeals court on Monday heard a legal challenge to the ban on considering race in public college admissions. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting.
Demonstrators Sid Jacobo, left, and Jazel Flores, right, both University of California- Berkeley students, protest outside of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after a panel heard arguments in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. More than 15 years after California banned affirmative action, a federal appeals court on Monday heard a legal challenge to the ban on considering race in public college admissions. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 209, which barred racial, ethnic or gender preferences in public education, employment and contracting. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Supreme Court to Take New Look at Affirmative Action
Originally published February 21, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
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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

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

Flooded I-10/I-610/West End Blvd interchange and surrounding area of northwest New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana.
FEMA to Waive Some of the Katrina Aid Debts
by AFRO Staff
February 11, 2012 - Survivors of two Gulf Coast hurricanes may be spared from repaying disaster assistance funds that were improperly disbursed, according to a new plan announced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.more More Arrow

Deputy Defense Undersecretary for Military Personnel Policy Vee Penrod, left, and Principal Director for Military Personnel Policy Maj. Gen. Gary Patton, take part in a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss the results of the department's Women in Service Review.
Pentagon to Change Regulations on Women in Combat Roles
by Alexis Taylor
February 10, 2012 - Revised regulations will soon allow women positions closer to live combat, the Pentagon announced Feb. 9.more More Arrow

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