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TV host's Black war posters focus of Pa. exhibit

A new exhibit created by a University of Pennsylvania professor and host of a popular public television show examines how wartime propaganda has been used to motivate oppressed populations to risk their lives for homelands that considered them second-class citizens.

 

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In this Thursday, May 30, 2013 photo, University of Pennsylvania professor and PBS History Detectives host Tukufu Zuberi speaks about an Italian 1942 broadside matted on canvas by Gino Boccasile during an interview with The Associated Press at the Black Bodies in Propaganda: The Art of the War Poster exhibit at the Penn Museum, in Philadelphia. The new museum exhibition presents 33 posters owned by Zuberi that were designed to mobilize Africans and African-Americans in war efforts, even as they faced oppression and injustice in their homelands. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

 

by Joann Loviglio

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A new exhibit created by a University of Pennsylvania professor and host of a popular public television show examines how wartime propaganda has been used to motivate oppressed populations to risk their lives for homelands that considered them second-class citizens.

Last Updated on Saturday, 01 June 2013 22:55

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Study on female breadwinners ignites verbal brawl

Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly said Friday that she's offended by a male colleague's suggestion that children of working mothers don't fare as well as children with stay-at-home moms.

 

TV-Fox-Womens_Role_Broa.jpgFox News anchor Megyn Kelly poses at the anchor desk at the Fox studios in New York. Kelly says she's offended by a male colleague's suggestion that children of working mothers don't do as well as families with stay-at-home moms. (AP Photo/Fox News, Alex Kroke)

by David Bauder

AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly said Friday that she's offended by a male colleague's suggestion that children of working mothers don't fare as well as children with stay-at-home moms.

Last Updated on Saturday, 01 June 2013 23:28

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Graduation melee: A whole new definition for kindergarten cops

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by Stephanie Gallman

(CNN) -- The words "kindergarten graduation" usually evoke images of tearful parents taking pictures of cute kids in pint-sized graduation caps and gowns.

Last Updated on Friday, 31 May 2013 16:19

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One on One with Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett

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by Kenya King

ATLANTA--To this day, the remembrance of an oral argument in law school gives her a ghastly uneasiness. But now she finds a way to joke about her abysmal experience and how she ultimately overcame her fear of public speaking. After all, it is the reason she didn't become a litigator and instead began working in public service.

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:25

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'Black is Beautiful' pioneer Ophelia DeVore's papers at Emory

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Ophelia DeVore Mitchell, a model, businesswoman and pioneer in the "Black is beautiful" movement, has placed her papers at Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL).

Last Updated on Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:07

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