Night Owl Chat: White House Performances

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The Week in toons…

 

SOS Kerry’s youth connect forums…

Zeinab Badawi hosts the show from Addis Ababa, as John Kerry also takes questions from the BBC’s global audience

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Rise and Shine

Joe Paulsen, White House Advance Office site lead, holds the curtain for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as they are introduced during the Pritzker Architecture Prize award ceremony at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

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President Barack Obama greets a group of Wounded Warriors in the Cross Hall of the White House, June 2, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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This is a MUST read because this is what hate looks like and this is what we must fight against everyday.

What Happened To Black Wall Street On June 1, 1921?

SF Bay View: Black Wall Street, the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air and burned to the ground by mobs of envious Whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving Black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering – a model community destroyed and a major African-American economic movement resoundingly defused.

President Barack Obama talks with Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council Director, following a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, June 2, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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