http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/12/nobel-peace-prize-is-a-call-to-action-for-obama/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/12/nobel-peace-prize-is-a-call-to-action-for-obama/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:04 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3731 Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world. The bestowal of one of the world's top accolades on Obama, who h... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/10/12/nobel-peace-prize-is-a-call-to-action-for-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/13/us-top-prosecutor-considering-torture-investigation/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/13/us-top-prosecutor-considering-torture-investigation/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:00:06 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3019 U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation practices involving the CIA, and is expected to make a decision in a few weeks, a Justice Department official said on Sunday. The official, who declined to be ident... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/07/13/us-top-prosecutor-considering-torture-investigation/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/29/senate-approves-apology-to-african-americans-for-slavery/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/29/senate-approves-apology-to-african-americans-for-slavery/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:26:24 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=2942 The U.S. Senate recently approved a fiercely worded resolution that attempts to formally apologize for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery" of African-Americans. The unanimous voice vote came five months after Barack Obama became the first black U.S. president, and ahead of the Ju... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/29/senate-approves-apology-to-african-americans-for-slavery/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/08/hillary-clinton-i-said-no-at-first-to-secretary-of-state-job/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/08/hillary-clinton-i-said-no-at-first-to-secretary-of-state-job/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:01:53 +0000 AlumniUnit http://alumniunit.com/?p=2776 When then-President-elect Barack Obama first asked Hillary Clinton to be his top diplomat, she turned him down and recommended others for the job, the secretary of state said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Speaking to ABC... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/06/08/hillary-clinton-i-said-no-at-first-to-secretary-of-state-job/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/05/25/african-american-ex-astronaut-chosen-to-lead-nasa/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/05/25/african-american-ex-astronaut-chosen-to-lead-nasa/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 01:00:37 +0000 AlumniUnit http://alumniunit.com/?p=2718 President Barack Obama has picked Charles Bolden as NASA chief, the White House announced Saturday, moving to make him the first African American and only the second ex-astronaut to lead the agency. Obama also announced his... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/05/25/african-american-ex-astronaut-chosen-to-lead-nasa/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/11/05/obama-to-be-first-african-american-president/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2008/11/05/obama-to-be-first-african-american-president/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:02:34 +0000 Associated Press http://alumniunit.com/?p=1116 Obama inspires historic victory

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