Category: Project 21 Press Releases

Texans Do the Right Thing in Racial Murder Case; Death Sentence for White Supremacist Proves System Works – February 1999

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the quick and decisive action of the Texas jury that convicted and sentenced white supremacist John William King for the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas. The successful ...
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Statement by Project 21 at the Announcement of the Samaritan Project’s “New American Compact” – February 1999

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 On behalf of the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21, I would like to commend Bishop Earl Jackson for bringing us all here today to be a part of his great effort to promote racial harmony and foster ...
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Black Leadership Network Opposes Civil Rights Nominee; Senate Urged to Reject Clinton’s Choice to Implement Civil Rights Policy – February 1999

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 urge the U.S. Senate to reject President Clinton's expected renomination of activist lawyer Bill Lann Lee as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Lee's ...
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Black Leadership Network Warns Black Community Against Supporting Clinton Defense; Clinton’s Legal Maneuvers Could Turn Back the Clock on Civil Rights

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While African-American support for President Bill Clinton has been high throughout the impeachment proceedings against Clinton, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 warn that - should Clinton succeed in using legal wrangling to escape a full impeachment trial ...
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Black Leadership Network Applauds Supreme Court for Striking Down Sampling

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Project 21 Says Actual Headcount is Best Way to Conduct Census The January 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring the 2000 census be conducted through a person-by-person headcount was applauded by the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ...
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Free Market Social Security Reform Would Benefit Minorities – December 1998

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African-Americans are being short-changed by the existing Social Security system. The African-American leadership network Project 21 says President Bill Clinton should use the White House symposium he has convened this week to ponder the future of Social Security as a ...
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Protect the Black Middle Class: Cut Taxes Now! – September 1998

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STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK PROJECT 21 AT A SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTONIt must be the duty of our elected leaders in Congress to act quickly and decisively to provide tax ...
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Black Leadership Network Warns Color Chasm in Cyberspace is Real Threat to Black Progress – August 1998

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 Two recent studies, by Vanderbilt University researchers and the Commerce Department, have found a major disparity between black and white Americans in the digital world.The studies show that white families are more than twice as likely as black and Hispanic ...
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Blacks say Shays/Meehan Campaign Reform Bill Would Have Chilling Effect on Minority Political Speech – July 1998

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Black Leadership Network Project 21 says that H.R. 3526 would make it harder for ethnic and racial minority, women and non-mainstream voices to be heard Members of the Black leadership network Project 21 say that the campaign finance reform legislation ...
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Black Leadership Drops the Ball on Minority AIDS Epidemic – July 1998

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Devastating Families and Communities Black leadership network Project 21 says AIDS among minorities is a public health emergency that can no longer be ignored by the black community and its leadersWhile thousands of experts on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are ...
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