Project 21: Press Releases

President Obama Should Show More Leadership in Deterring Travel to U.S. Border by Young Central Americans "We need a solution that will plug our porous border and swiftly process and deport those who have come here against the law..." Washington, D.C. - Activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are calling on President Obama to send a strong message to the leaders and the parents in Central American countries that their dangerous efforts to enter America illegally will not succeed. The Project 21 activists also are expressing cautious approval of a plan in the House of Representatives next week ...

Tiny Deportation Effort Just Doesn't Cut It "This is What Happens When Commonsense Principles and Practices are Ignored Because of Racial Guilt and Racial Politics" Washington, D.C. - Helluva job, Mr. President! With the Obama Administration taking a bow for arranging for the deportation of approximately 40 Honduran illegal aliens, members of the Project 21 black leadership network point out this number is infinitesimal in addressing the "urgent humanitarian situation" the White House allowed to erupt. They also point out the unchecked influx of illegal immigrants is a clear and present danger to the well-being of the President's black supporters ...

Case Could Set Major Precedent for Race and Regulation Court Accepted Two Similar Cases Settled Before Consideration -- It's Time for Court to Finally Rule on the Issue Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Supreme Court finished handing down opinions for its recently-completed term, members of the Project 21 black leadership network joined a legal brief that was recently filed with the Court that asks the justices to finally resolve the vexing issue of disparate impact claims regarding the Fair Housing Act and government-subsidized housing. "Project 21 and the other organizations joined on this brief believe it is vital to ...

"The Civil Rights Act changed American culture... racist sentiment became largely outdated and unacceptable ...black people... are now the masters of their own destiny." "Today, black Americans and other minorities no longer face the daunting obstacles that existed prior to 50 years ago. The public square and corridors of commerce are overwhelmingly accessible by blacks and whites, men and women alike." Washington, D.C. - Five decades after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law, activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting on its impact and legacy. Many believe the overwhelmingly positive efforts of the ...

Washington, D.C. - Black activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are cheering today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that frees employers with strong religious beliefs from being forced to pay exorbitant fines to practice their faith. "Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the fundamental principle that government may not impose undue burdens on the free exercise of religion," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a legal commentator who taught constitutional law at George Mason University and also served as a leadership staff member for the U.S. House of Representatives. "The Obama Administration clearly over-reached in this case. Being so fixated ...

Federal Punishment for Not Changing Name Sets "Dangerous Precedent" Government Retribution Against Private Business Should Concern All Americans, Even Those Who Don't Like Redskins Name Washington, D.C. - By cancelling protected trademarks of the Washington Redskins professional football team, members of the Project 21 black leadership network say, the Obama Administration's Patent and Trademark Office is setting a dangerous precedent. The Washington Redskins lost six trademark protections on the team's name after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that the protections "must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native American "There are Native ...

Black Activists Suggest People Assess Extent of Their Freedom Washington, D.C. - On "Juneteenth," the oldest and most-recognized observance of the demise of slavery in the United States, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are suggesting that black Americans make a personal assessment of how much freedom they actually enjoy these days and how they may be able to expand upon that freedom in the future through limits on government expansion. Juneteenth, an official holiday or observance in at least 40 states, is on June 19. "For what began as a celebration of black Americans' release from chattel ...

Civil Rights Scaremongering Against Polling Place Protections Rings Hollow With Many Blacks Black Activists Say Identity Verification Only Way to Preserve Ballot Integrity, Ensure Every Vote Counts St. Louis/Washington, D.C. - A new poll shows that a majority of black Americans support voter ID laws despite a full-court press by the Obama Administration and its supporters in and out of government to label such polling place protections as a danger to civil rights. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network note this very basic safeguard ensures the integrity of the democratic process and provides Americans of all races, genders ...

Jim Crow Banished, But Failing Public Schools a Crisis for Many Black Youth Vouchers and Other Alternatives to Failing Public Schools Needed for Full Equality of Opportunity Washington, D.C. - On the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ruling that mandated desegregation in American public schools, members of the Project 21 black leadership network commend the necessary desegregation of public education, but point out that providing all students with a quality education, including viable alternatives, still challenges government. "While it's important to commemorate Brown v. Board of Education as the beginning of the end ...

Four State Lawmakers Caught in Government Bribery Sting; Accused of Taking Cash to Influence Actions on Government Contracts and Voter ID State's Attorney General Declines to Prosecute, Apparently Because Lawmakers are Black and Liberal "It appears that Attorney General Kane picks and chooses the laws she will defend and the crimes she will prosecute based on a political litmus test," says Project 21's Episcopal Missionary Church Bishop Council Nedd II, a Pennsylvanian Washington, D.C. - In the wake of a liberal walkout in the Pennsylvania state legislature and accusations that Pennsylvania's attorney general is declining to prosecute four lawmakers allegedly ...

Black Activists in Favor of Ending Quotas Available for Comments Washington, D.C. - Attorneys and activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are pleased about today's U.S. Supreme Court decision on race preferences, and hope the Court's latest ruling on race-conscious school admissions policies will become decisive in finally ending government-enforced rules creating arbitrary demographic quotas. "Today, the Supreme Court moved us closer to the colorblind principle that Martin Luther King advocated and that is embedded in the 14th Amendment," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a former constitutional law professor. "I'm pleased that the principle of treating all ...

Hypocritical Federal Government Fought Company for Using the Same System Government Uses to Screen Hires Washington, D.C. - In a case in which the Project 21 black leadership network supported the defendant with a legal brief, an appeals court just delivered a stinging rebuke to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for highly unprofessional methodology in attempting to prove racial disparities in a company's job applicant credit checks. "We decided to weigh in on this case because the EEOC's effort to expand the use of disparate impact analysis went far beyond having any logical nexus with discrimination," said Project 21 ...

Son of Conservative Civil Rights Icon, a Member of Project 21, Issues Statement FBI, Local Police Investigating Apparent Hate Crime Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemn the apparent February 16 hate crime on the campus of the University of Mississippi in which a statue of civil rights icon and prominent black conservative James Meredith was vandalized. Meredith's son, John, a founding member of Project 21, has issued a statement about the act and his appreciation for efforts to find the perpetrators. "We join in the condemnation of those who have vandalized the iconic statue ...

Washington, D.C. - Calling it steeped in class warfare and contempt for the Constitution, commentators with the Project 21 black leadership network are highly critical of President Barack Obama's 2014 State of the Union address. "It's interesting for President Obama to begin his State of the Union address with a list of supposed accomplishments, and then ask for a 'year of action.' He put forth a lot of ideas, yet offered no fixes to the problems that define his administration - an ever-expanding federal deficit, the stifling of jobs by the Affordable Care Act and the continued attempts to rob ...

New Bill Provides Fraudsters with Opportunity to Steal, Nullify Votes of Law-Abiding Americans Washington, D.C. - Legal experts with the Project 21 black leadership network are highly critical of new legislation introduced in Congress meant to overturn and pervert reforms to the Voting Rights Act that were instituted by the U.S. Supreme Court just a few months ago. "This proposal is fundamentally flawed. Instead of explicitly acknowledging the rights of states to engage in lawful voter integrity measures, it only does so begrudgingly. And it fails to reset the clock before allowing the federal officials to micro-manage the voter laws ...

Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are available for comment about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his beliefs and his legacy in observance of the upcoming national holiday that bears Dr. King's name. For over 20 years, Project 21 has helped promote black conservatives to highlight the political diversity of the black community. "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. embodied hope, courage and love for fellow man. His dream of peace and racial harmony is still achievable through collective efforts to work towards this goal," said Project 21's Demetrius Minor, a youth ministry coordinator and ...

Radical Selection Shows Need for Filibuster Protections, Black Conservatives Say Washington, D.C. - President Barack Obama's controversial nomination of Debo Adegbile to head the U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights office is being criticized by members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Adegbile's radical resume, Project 21 legal and policy experts say, places him far outside of the mainstream and presents an extremely risky choice for a position with tremendous influence over important issues such as immigration and voter protection. "With the Adegbile nomination, President Obama is once again pushing a divisive agenda," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, ...

Five Decades After: Black Progress Hurt by Expansion in Government, Welfare Black Activists Criticize Handout Mentality that Destroyed Traditional Families Washington, D.C. - Fifty years ago today, before a joint session of Congress, President Lyndon Baines Johnson announced an "unconditional war on poverty in America." Today, black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are critical of how that war has been waged. They note the expansion of government and a strategy focused on handouts that discourage self-improvement caused more harm than help to the poor. "Five decades after President Johnson initiated the 'war' on poverty, America remains at around ...

Washington, D.C. - In no uncertain terms, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are calling out many self-appointed black leaders, activists and journalists for thus far being unwilling to directly address the senseless "knockout game" violence terrorizing innocent Americans. Project 21 members are also thanking those others who are courageously speaking out against the unacceptable mayhem. "The members of the racial grievance industry who've attempted to sanitize rather than denounce this chaotic behavior on the grounds that the offenders are black do so as an insult to all black Americans. In their sanitation process, they excuse the very ...

Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Supreme Court set to address whether businesses can obtain a conscience exemption from ObamaCare's contraception mandate, a constitutional scholar with the Project 21 black leadership network is "pleased" the Court is addressing a "fundamental principle of religious liberty" that the Obama Administration has turned into "a political wedge issue." In taking up the case, the justices are expected to decide on an issue that has divided the lower courts in the face of dozens of legal challenges from for-profit companies seeking ObamaCare exemptions based on constitutional protections of religious freedom. These lawsuits ask for ...