Category: Project 21

NAACP Boycott Over Flag Hurts Struggling Black Resort Community, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Atlantic Beach needs help. Along with Eatonville, Florida, Atlantic Beach, South Carolina is one of the last remaining chartered predominately black towns in America. Located on the coastline, it earned the nickname of the "Black Pearl of the Grand Strand." ...
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Center for Environmental Justice Press Release: From the “New Segregation” to Higher Costs: Environmental Policies Cost Minorities the Most – February 26, 2002

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Black Stewardship Celebrated in Black History Month ObservanceCall Made for True Environmental Justice: Minorities Should Not Have to Bear Disproprotionate Burden for Environmental ProtectionFrom the "New Segregation" threatened by anti-sprawl advocatesto the disproportionate burden carried by lower income Americans to ...
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Project 21 Press Release: African-American Network Calls For Quick Vote on Education Department’s Civil Rights Nominee – February 25, 2002

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Calls For End to Liberal Smear Campaign Against Gerald Reynolds Believing the lack of a full staffed U.S. Department of Education is a disservice to our children, the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 urge the members of ...
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Who Will Monitor the Monitor? Commission on Civil Rights Chairman’s Uncivil Manner Screams for Scrutiny

National Policy Analysis #389 /
We are taught that there are three official branches to our government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Some consider the media a fourth because it shapes public opinion. But there is reason to believe one person - Mary Frances Berry, ...
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Who Will Monitor the Monitor? Commission on Civil Rights Chairman’s Uncivil Manner Screams for Scrutiny

New Visions Commentary /
We are taught that there are three official branches to our government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Some consider the media a fourth because it shapes public opinion. But there is reason to believe one person - Mary Frances Berry, ...
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Heroes are Heroes, Regardless of Color, by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
Shortly after Osama bin Laden's terrorists attacked New York City, the photograph of three firemen raising an American flag in patriotic defiance burned an indelible image in my psyche. I saw three proud Americans engaging in spontaneous and heart-wrenching act ...
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A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...
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Conservative Outreach to Black America Should Not Be Spurned, by Rita Thompson

New Visions Commentary /
There's something more to celebrate during this year's Black History Month observance. The dream of a Smithsonian Institution museum celebrating the lives, accomplishments and contributions of African-Americans is closer to becoming a reality. President George W. Bush signed legislation on ...
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Project 21 Release: NAACP Intimidation Tactics in South Carolina Criticized – January 2002

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As the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) prepares to deploy "border patrols" to enforce their boycott of the state of South Carolina, the African-American leadership network Project 21 is highly critical of the NAACP's intimidation tactics ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Group Opposes Racially Divisive Plan to Reinstate Military Draft – January 2003

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A proposal by Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) to reinstate a military draft is under fire from African-American conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network. Project 21 members call the Rangel proposal a blatant political maneuver meant to inject a ...
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