Year: 1996

Let Us Mark The End of Racial Preferences with the Beginning of Equal Opportunity, by Carl Cohen

Project 21 Commentary /
The object of The Equal Opportunity Act of 1995, which the House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on by the end of April, is to prohibit our federal government from giving preferences based on race or on sex -- ...
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Group Assails Abuse of Entitlement Programs by Immigrants – 2/96

As evidence mounts that increasing numbers of immigrants are dependent on government entitlement programs, members of the African-American leadership group Project 21 are supporting curbs and cuts in programs that they believe are rife with fraud and abuse. Project 21 ...
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Contract With Black America Fulfilled: New Empowerment Legislation Introduced – February 1996

Date of Issue: February 24, 1996 General Information Contact: Project 21 Director House Leadership Backs Reforms Expected To Sweep Away Welfare State With A Plan of Hope and OpportunityHouse Speaker Gingrich Expected to Attend Press Conference Fulfilling Terms of Project ...
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Project 21 Letter to the Congress of the United States on Church Burnings

Dear Member of Congress: As Chairman of the African-American leadership group Project 21, I am writing to let you know about a disturbing trend: the burning of black churches. Since January 1995, 17 churches in Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee ...
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Food and Drug Administration Takes on the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #147 /
Backed by the Clinton Administration, the Food and Drug Administration is waging its latest crusade against tobacco. The FDA seeks to finger nicotine as a drug, cigarettes a drug delivery device, and, despite the recent increase in illegal drug use ...
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Project 21 Letter to the Congress of the United States on Church Burnings – 2/96

February 9, 1996 Dear Member of Congress: As Chairman of the African-American leadership group Project 21, I am writing to let you know about a disturbing trend: the burning of black churches. Since January 1995, 17 churches in Alabama, Louisiana, ...
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Renewing Communities by Helping Business: Summary of Business Provisions in H.R. 3467, The American Community Renewal Act of 1996

Although the title of this bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Talent (R-MO) and Rep. J.C. Watts (R-OK), emphasizes that it will save children, the most interesting part is how it proposes to do so: By encouraging investment and development in ...
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Congressional Resolution on Church Burnings

The following resolution was written by Project 21 at the request of and for the consideration of the Congress of the United States in May, 1996. Whereas the foundation of a free society is forged of justice, truth, and self-governance; ...
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