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African-Americans are in Need of an Awakening, by Michael Sharp

African-Americans are in Need of an Awakening, by Michael Sharp

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published September 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] In my years of life on this ...
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African-American Group Calls on Environmentalists to Stop Promoting Third-World Abortions - September 1996

African-American Group Calls on Environmentalists to Stop Promoting Third-World Abortions – September 1996

Outraged over environmentalist groups, such as the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), supporting "family planning organizations" including those that perform abortions, the African-American leadership group Project 21 is demanding that environmentalists stop endorsing policies that disproportionately harm people of color ...
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African-American Group Blasts "So What" Attitude of Clinton Administration Toward Drugs: New Study Shows Lack of Presidential Leadership Linked to Rise in Teenage Illicit Drug Use - August 1996

African-American Group Blasts “So What” Attitude of Clinton Administration Toward Drugs: New Study Shows Lack of Presidential Leadership Linked to Rise in Teenage Illicit Drug Use – August 1996

Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Citing a new study showing the highest levels of drug use and acceptance of drugs by teenagers in decades, the African-American leadership group Project 21 says the Clinton Administration is partly to ...
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Did Uncle Tom Miss His Own Funeral? by Camille Harper

Did Uncle Tom Miss His Own Funeral? by Camille Harper

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published August 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] Whatever justification there may have been for ...
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Movie Review: "A time to Kill" Requires Time to Believe - August 1996

Movie Review: “A time to Kill” Requires Time to Believe – August 1996

A New Visions Commentary paper published August 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] "A Time To Kill" is both the ...
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Conservatives Propose Their Own Brand of Urban Renewal: Proposal to "Save Our Children" and Revitalize Low-Income Areas Gets Its Day in Congress

Conservatives Propose Their Own Brand of Urban Renewal: Proposal to “Save Our Children” and Revitalize Low-Income Areas Gets Its Day in Congress

Press Release /
Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Nearly 250 children are expected to attend a joint Congressional hearing and press conference on "Saving Our Children: The American Community Renewal Act of 1996" (H.R. 3467) -- a sweeping plan to ...
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A Summary of HR 3467, "Saving Our Children: The American Renewal Community Act of 1996

A Summary of HR 3467, “Saving Our Children: The American Renewal Community Act of 1996

Project 21 Briefing Points /
Creates Renewal Communities: Up to 100 "renewal communities" will be created nationwide. Each community must possess certain characteristics to qualify as a "renewal community," such as: a high unemployment rate; high poverty rate; and a disproportionate amount of low-income households ...
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Let's Get On Board This Train: An Urban Marshall Plan

Let’s Get On Board This Train: An Urban Marshall Plan

A New Visions Commentary published July 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] It is encouraging to see another bona fide ...
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Increasing the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs for Black Teens Says African-American Group - July 1996

Increasing the Minimum Wage Kills Jobs for Black Teens Says African-American Group – July 1996

On the day of a July 9 floor vote in the Senate on a proposal to increase the minimum wage from $4.25 to $5.15 an hour, the African-American group Project 21 is warning that the minimum wage is a job ...
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Could Someone Please Tell Me Why? by R.D. Davis

Could Someone Please Tell Me Why? by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary published July 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] Could someone please tell me why mainstream Black ...
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