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Black princess role a major leap for animation

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Dec. 6, 2009
Once a queen of San Francisco stages, then a conquering heroine on Broadway and a bona fide Dreamgirl, Anika Noni Rose is now a Disney princess. And not just Disney's first of the American variety, but its first black princess. That's change we can believe...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch