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Oprah Will Lead Healing After Imus

Posted: 7:08 am EDT April 16, 2007Updated: 12:54 pm EDT April 17, 2007

Oprah Winfrey will host a town hall meeting Monday on race that will feature students from Spelman College.

The show is called “After Imus, Now What?”

The women from Spelman have spoken out against the use of offensive words in rap music.

Other guests will be music/fashion entrepreneur Russell Simmons, hip hop artist Common and sports columnist Jason Whitlock.

You can watch "Oprah" right here on WSB-TV Channel 2 at 4 p.m.

Threats Over Don Imus' Firing Lead Al Sharpton To Increase Security

The Rev. Al Sharpton has increased security at his office after receiving threats in response to his campaign to have Don Imus fired.

"We have received several threats that we consider serious," Sharpton told the Daily News in Sunday's edition. "I have been stabbed once, so we don't take anything too lightly."

Sharpton was stabbed in the chest in 1991 during a protest in Brooklyn.

Charlie King, acting executive director of Sharpton's National Action Network, said a caller telephoned the civil rights leader's radio show on Saturday and threatened to "hunt him down and shoot him like an animal."

Police confirmed they have an increased presence near Sharpton's church in Harlem and his staff.

Sharpton became one of Imus' most vocal critics after the shock jock used a racial slur while referring to the Rutgers women's basketball team. Imus was fired from his radio show after calling the team "nappy-headed hos."

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