BET NEWS On CENTRIC: 8/22/2012
Published by Blair Bedford on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 9:22 am.1. Condoleezza Rice Is First Black Female Accepted Into Augusta National Golf Club
Condoleezza Rice, the first Black female secretary of state, has just busted through another barrier. Eighty years after it opened, the prestigious Augusta National Golf Club has finally decided to let women join its roster with the admittance of Rice and business executive Darla Moore. [MORE]
2. Oldest Tuskegee Airman Honored With Congressional Medal of Honor
America’s oldest living Tuskegee airman was finally recognized and honored with a Congressional Medal of Honor this past week. Brew Graham, 97, who was one of the first Black pilots to fight for the U.S. during World War II, had gone without recognition for seventy years. [MORE]
3. Obama Defends His Campaign’s Tone
President Obama made an unannounced visit to the White House briefing room Monday afternoon, during which he defended the tone of his campaign and called for rival Mitt Romney to produce more tax returns. He distanced himself from an ad produced by the liberal Priorities USA super PAC that suggests Romney was responsible for the cancer death of the wife of a steelworker who was laid off by Bain Capital after the company took over his plant. Obama also argued that it’s Romney’s camp that has crossed the line. [MORE]
4. Chavis Carter Death Ruled Suicide
The results of an autopsy performed on the 21-year-old man from Arkansas concluded that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. [MORE]

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