Category: Project 21

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Commend NAACP for Reversing Position and Considering Morals Clause for Future Image Awards Nominees – March 2004

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Members of the black conservative organization Project 21 are applauding the NAACP for "seeing the light" by determining that a morals clause may be warranted for future NAACP "Image Award" nominations. The goal of the NAACP's annual Image Awards is ...
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Blacks Need Green to Compete with Whites in NASCAR

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published March 2004 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Don't expect to spot any black drivers when this weekend's Daytona 500 kicks off the 2004 NASCAR season ...
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Bush’s Immigration Policy: What If His Opponent is a Border Hawk? by Ken Raymond

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In the fall's presidential campaign, imagine what a challenger who is strong on national security issues could do with regard to the proposed Bush immigration policy. There are problems with President Bush's new policy that an ambitious presidential candidate could ...
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Mint Julep Heinz Kerry, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

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I call it selective liberal outrage. Listen to any evening newscast and you hear liberals spouting verbal assaults and vicious attacks on anything conservative. They are trashing anyone with even a remote association with an exclusive golf club or connection ...
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Why Courting the Black Vote Won’t Work, by La Shawn Barber

New Visions Commentary /
Justifiably confident going into the election cycle, Republicans have announced they hope to win 25 percent of the black vote. Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has great expectations. "If we get African-American votes, [the Democrats] are in ...
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Project 21 Press Release: The Senate Won’t Police Itself: Justice Department Probe of Unethical Senate Conduct Sought – February 2004

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In response to allegations of unethical conduct among U.S. senators - including the possible exchange of votes for campaign contributions - The National Center for Public Policy Research has joined other organizations in asking the U.S. Department of Justice's Public ...
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Blacks Need Green to Compete with Whites in NASCAR

National Policy Analysis #502 /
At this weekend's Daytona 500, the beginning of the 2004 NASCAR season, don't expect to spot any black drivers. While NASCAR's logo contains a rainbow of colors, the diversity of hues doesn't translate to the track. Auto racing continues to ...
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Looking for Mr. Tate, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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Lionel Tate, the 12-year-old Florida boy who killed six-year-old playmate Tiffany Eunick, has been released from prison. He had been convicted of first-degree murder for what he said was an accident that happened while he was mimicking professional wrestling moves ...
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Take Care of Your Foot Soldiers! by Mychal Massie

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Conservative leaders have slain one of their loyal foot soldiers - senior staff aide to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Manuel Miranda - in a vain attempt to appease their liberal counterparts. In a since-leaked April 17, 2002 memo, ...
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Don’t Look this “Gift Horse” in the Mouth, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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African-Americans must view the arrival of the new TV One cable channel as, at best, a "gift horse" with mixed blessings. The new cable television network recently began broadcasting nationwide primarily on cable networks in urban centers with sizeable African-American ...
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