Category: Project 21

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

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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

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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

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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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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Calls on Jesse Jackson to Put Money Where is Mouth Is and Sponsor a Black NASCAR Driver: Jackson Received a Quarter-Million in NASCAR Donations by Claiming Blacks are Excluded from Stock Car Racing – July 2003

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Activists with the African-American leadership network Project 21 are demanding that Jesse Jackson support a promising black driver who currently lacks the financial sponsorship needed to advance in the sport. Jackson has publicly complained that black drivers have been excluded ...
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Black Activists Criticize NASCAR for Renewed Support of Jesse Jackson

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A renewed financial relationship between NASCAR and the Reverend Jesse Jackson is drawing a sharp rebuke from members of the African-American leadership network Project 21. Last year, public criticism from Project 21's black activists and the National Legal and Policy ...
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Black Activists Commend Secretary Powell, Bush Administration for Trying to Curb Ethnic Violence in Sudan

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In the wake of Secretary of State Colin Powell's historic visit to Sudan, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 commend the Bush Administration for its efforts to prevent further violence in the African country that some call "ethnic ...
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Whoopi Goldberg’s Despicable Performance, by Mychal Massie

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"Values is not part of a political slogan. Values are what's inside you." With that comment, presidential hopeful John Kerry launched into another diatribe about what sets him apart from President George W. Bush. No one's ever accused Kerry of ...
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Time for Regime Change at the NAACP, by Ak’Bar Shabazz

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After hearing Julian Bond and Kweisi Mfume trash President George W. Bush and black conservatives, it's painfully apparent what has become of the NAACP. A once-proud organization has been reduced to simple slander and rhetoric. The leadership that once produced ...
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One Righteous Dis: Bush Right to Turn Down NAACP, by Deroy Murdock

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Liberal bellies are aching over President George W. Bush's absence from the Philadelphia convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Citing scheduling conflicts, the White House sent the president's regrets. As journalists have explained in ...
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Spurring Lower Prices: FDA Aided America’s Rx Drug Consumers By Not Banning Authorized Generics

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For years, generic drug manufacturers have been telling us that making more generic drugs available - earlier - is the key to saving consumers money and bringing greater access to prescription drugs. Competition, they said, will benefit millions of Americans ...
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