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Black Conservatives to Repudiate Jesse Jackson's Activities at MLK Day Rally in Los Angeles

Black Conservatives to Repudiate Jesse Jackson’s Activities at MLK Day Rally in Los Angeles

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Project 21 members are organizing and taking part in a "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson" that will be highlighted with a rally outside of Jackson's Los Angeles offices (1968 West Adams Boulevard) on Monday, January 19 from 10am ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Member to Appear on Fox's O'Reilly Factor Program: Mychal Massie to Criticize NAACP Image Award Nomination for R. Kelly, Calls NAACP "Out of Touch" - January 2004

Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Member to Appear on Fox’s O’Reilly Factor Program: Mychal Massie to Criticize NAACP Image Award Nomination for R. Kelly, Calls NAACP “Out of Touch” – January 2004

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Mychal Massie, a member of the conservative African-American leadership network Project 21, is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" on Wednesday, January 14 at 8pm eastern. He will discuss the NAACP's nomination of musician R ...
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Real Reason to Oppose Affirmative Action, by Theodore R. Essex

Real Reason to Oppose Affirmative Action, by Theodore R. Essex

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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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Jesse Jackson: Can We Please Just Move Along? by Lisa Fritsch

Jesse Jackson: Can We Please Just Move Along? by Lisa Fritsch

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As the 2004 political campaigns heat up, Jesse Jackson is making the rounds to rally support for liberal candidates and stirring the pot on hot racial issues. Officially in my hometown of Austin, Texas, to speak to the African-American Chambers ...
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Why People Defend Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Why People Defend Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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Michael Jackson. Go ahead, crack a joke, sigh or shake your head. Michael's lifestyle and his current predicament inexorably lead to those reactions. There seem to be only two main schools of thought concerning the one-time "King of Pop": he's ...
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How to "Make It" in America, by Geoffrey Moore

How to “Make It” in America, by Geoffrey Moore

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Black America has a growing problem that needs to be addressed. It is, in my opinion, the most persistent problem facing us as a race in this country. Despite what "our" media-appointed black leaders tell us, this problem is not ...
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Project 21's Horace Cooper to Discuss Complaint Against NAACP Attorney on Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" December 5

Project 21’s Horace Cooper to Discuss Complaint Against NAACP Attorney on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity and Colmes” December 5

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BACKGROUND: The EPA this month announced a draft proposal to use a "cap and trade" model to regulate mercury emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The President's political opponents immediately attacked the plan. A "cap and trade" model would ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Member to Discuss Slave Reparations on ABC News "Nightline" Program - December 2003

Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Member to Discuss Slave Reparations on ABC News “Nightline” Program – December 2003

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Deroy Murdock, a member of the national advisory council of the black leadership network Project 21, will discuss proposals to pay reparations to the descendents of slaves on an ABC News "Nightline" segment scheduled to air at 11:30 eastern time ...
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"Snake Oil" Medicare Reform Criticized; Called "Legislative Malpractice" By Black Leader

“Snake Oil” Medicare Reform Criticized; Called “Legislative Malpractice” By Black Leader

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Every once in a while, you hear a story you know you will remember for the rest of your life. On July 5, 2002, Tony Dyess of Mississippi, a father of two, suffered head injuries in an auto accident. He ...
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Ghettopoly Should Force Us to Look in the Mirror, by Geoffrey Moore

Ghettopoly Should Force Us to Look in the Mirror, by Geoffrey Moore

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"Ghettopoly," a parody board game, recently made big news and drew a lot of protestors. But the protesters were selective in their anger. Based on the popular board game "Monopoly," "Ghettopoly" claims to satirize ghetto "culture" and gangsta-rap stereotypes. Properties ...
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