Category: Project 21 Press Releases
Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Condemn Anti-Rice Hate Speech; Civil rights Leaders Criticized for Ignoring Attacks on Conservative Minorities
President Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state has resulted in harsh liberal criticism that members of the black leadership network Project 21 consider racist. Along with their condemnations of offensive commentators and cartoonists, Project 21 members also ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Remarks at Justice for Judges Press Conference at the U.S. Senate – November 2003
I am here today as a representative of Project 21, the African-American leadership network of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Project 21 was formed over a decade ago when it was observed that the vast numbers of conservative ...
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Project 21 Press Release: HUSSEINandTERROR.com Website Details Ties Between Saddam Hussein and Terrorism
Links between former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and international terrorists - including Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda - are documented on a new Internet website created by columnist Deroy Murdock, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network. Murdock, ...
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Black Network Speaks Out Against Apparent NASCAR Shakedown
A self-syled minority activist group has announced plans to protest a Nextel Cup NASCAR auto race this weekend. Members of the black leadership network Project 21 speculate that this is another attempt to wrest money and influence from the professional ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Decry Advance Claims of Voter Suppression; Conspiratorial Claims are Not Constructive to Full Voter Participation, Group Says
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing September 17 on the potential for voter disfranchisement in the 2004 general election. Project 21 members charge liberal groups are raising the specter of voter suppression in friendly venues such ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Has the NAACP Taken Sides in the Presidential Campaign? Black Conservatives Say Revoked Invitation to Bush Official Implies Partisanship
A reported command from the NAACP's national leadership forcing the NAACP's Ohio chapter to rescind a speaking invitation to Secretary of Education Rod Paige is disturbing to members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Project 21 members say the ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Praise Bill Cosby’s Remarks on Parenting; Comedian’s Comments Over Past Few Months Have Done More for Black Families Than Years of Black Politicians’ Blustering, Say Project 21 Members
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 applaud comedian Bill Cosby for his continued and steadfast demands for better parenting in the black community. The entertainer began his current criticism of modern childrearing in Washington, D.C. in May during ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Condemns Cartoonist for Racist Strip About Condoleezza Rice; Project 21 Asks Civil Rights Community to Join in Call to Hold Cartoonist to the Same Standard to Which It Holds Rush Limbaugh
Because of the racially-insensitive content of a recent cartoon, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are asking Universal Press Syndicate to cease the distribution of comics drawn by Ted Rall. Project 21 also is challenging several other civil ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Representative, Black Caucus Must Apologize to Ralph Nader; Reparation Necessary for Apology for “Obscene, Racist Epithet Made to Presidential Candidate
Congressional Black Caucus member Representative Melvin L. Watt (D-NC) owes independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader an apology for his use of off-color and racially-insensitive language during a meeting held in the U.S. Capitol. Furthermore, the CBC as a whole should ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservative to Rebut NAACP Leader’s Remarks in C-Span Interview
Mychal Massie, a member of the national advisory council of the African-American leadership network Project 21, will appear on the live C-Span program "Washington Journal" on Thursday, July 15 at 9:30 am eastern. He will address recent comments made by ...
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