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Minister/lawmaker May Get 161 Years in Prison for Rape, Sexual Battery
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Clyde L. Johnson (Sr.), Child molesting, Black clergy (Sexual behavior), Petersburg (Va.) (Crime)
Obituary
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Wendell Whalum; 1931-1987
Obituary
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Enoch P. Waters; 1909-1987
Cops Fear AIDS After Bites from Alleged Prostitutes
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Prostitutes (Health and hygiene), AIDS (Disease) (Legal aspects), New York (N.Y.) (Police)
Spy Charges Against Black Marine Dropped
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Arnold Bracy, Espionage, Soviet (United States), United States (Diplomatic and consular service, Soviet Union, Armed Forces)
First Black President of Greyhound's Western Division Reveals Plans
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Vander Brown (Jr.), Greyhound Lines, Inc
Young Tells Italians He Can be Businessman and Pastor
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Andrew Young; 1932-., Americans (Italy), United States (Commerce, Italy), Atlanta (Ga.) (Industries), Italy (Commerce, United States)
Savage Heads Up Black Caucus Business Trust
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Gus Savage (American congressman.); 1925-, Congressional Black Caucus
Bulls 1st Black Executive: 'I've Got a Lot to Learn'.
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Billy McKinney, Chicago Bulls (Basketball team), Blacks in basketball management
Ex-Army Boss to Examine Baseball's Plan for Action
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Clifford Alexander; 1933-., Discrimination in sports, Blacks in baseball management

Former Emperor Bokassa is Sentenced to Death
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Bokassa I (Emperor of the Central African Empire); 1921-1996, Trials (Central African Republic), Central African Republic (Politics and government)
13-year-old Preacher Talks about Love, Sex, Sin and Forgiveness
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William Hudson (III.), Black clergy, Children as ministers, Chicago (Ill.) (Religion)
Remove Jackie Wilson from Unmarked Grave; Fans Buy a Mausoleum
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Jackie Wilson (American rhythm and blues singer.), Tombs
Harvard Prof Charged with Beating Up Live-in Lover
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Glenn C. Loury, Pamela Foster, Assault and battery, Boston (Mass.) (Crime)
Ohio Converts College to Aid Black Education
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Columbus State Community College
Black Harvard Professor Protests Tenure Policy
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Derrick A. Bell, Harvard Law School, Law teachers
EEOC Chair Weds Labor Lawyer in D.C. Ceremony
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Clarence Thomas, Virginia Lamp Thomas
Twins Attend Reunion of Once-frail Babies
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Jaclyn Foster, Lauren Foster, Twins
Recipe of the Week
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Pie
Payton Says He May be First Owner/coach/player
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Walter Payton; 1954-1999, Football, Professional (Organization and administration)
Ga. Team Turns in Trophy to Win Universal Respect
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Basketball, High school (Tournaments, Ethical aspects)
Meadowlark Pens a Book, But There's No Lemon in it
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Meadowlark Lemon; 1932-.
An Old Hand at Winning, N.C. Coach Retires on Top
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Russell Blunt
Edwards and Ueberroth, Classmates Now Teammates
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Harry Edwards (sociologist.), Peter Ueberroth (American entrepreneur and Olympic executive.), Blacks in baseball management, Discrimination in sports
Lady Boxing Champ Seeks $10,000,000 Court Victory
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Jackie Tonawanda
Luther Vandross' Drummer Killed in 17-story Leap
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Luther Vandross (American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter.), Yogi Horton (drummer.); d. 1987, Suicide
Robin Givens Leaves Harvard Med School for Hollywood
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Robin Givens
MUMM V.S.O.P. Cognac Presents Black Filmfest
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Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Motion picture festivals (Illinois)

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