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...million people turned out to make Admiral George Dewey, hero of the battle of Manila Bay, the first individual honored with a ticker-tape parade. Former President Teddy Roosevelt got one in 1910 upon returning from his African safari. But it wasn't until 1919, when Grover Whalen was made New York City's official greeter, that ticker-tape parades took off: from 1919 to 1953 he reportedly threw 86 of them, many at the urging of the State Department. The luminaries he feted in his early years included Albert Einstein in 1921 - the only scientist ever honored with...
...least, these three characters portrayed by Michael K. Williams, Sonja Sohn, and Andre Royo in HBO’s “The Wire” were so compelling that the African and African American Studies Department invited the actors to discuss the show’s alarming depiction of inner-city Baltimore...
...popularity cannot be transferred. The President had campaigned and raised money for both Corzine and Deeds; Obama had also tried to put the remnants of his own campaign operation to use on their behalf. But many of those who voted for him in 2008, particularly young people and African Americans, stayed home this year. And in the end, both Corzine and Deeds stumbled on their own weaknesses...
...Obama has made several visits to New Jersey, most recently last weekend; he still enjoys the warm embrace of this blue state with a large African-American population and numerous progressive voters. The final public and private polling in the race favors the Republicans, but the White House isn't giving up hope that Corzine can pull off a surprise. A Democratic defeat in New Jersey will say more about Corzine than the party, and about anger at incumbents across the board in these troubled times, but Republicans will still push the blame on Obama...
...there no suicide terror among Christian or Jewish groups who have suffered injustice? Or among African Americans in the 20th century? The reason that I explore in my book is that Christianity and Judaism have evolved a very powerful tradition of comedy that undermines the heroic stature of someone who presumed to be the Messiah. And in some ways, the suicide bomber is someone who says, "I'm like the Messiah, my martyrdom is so great that what I'm doing for the community is like what Hussein...