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Black Conservatives Critique President Obama’s State of the Union Address

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Black Conservatives Critique President Obama's State of the Union Address Washington, D.C. - Commenting on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address tonight, members of the Project 21 black leadership network saw a presidency lacking new ideas that suggested ...
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Black Conservatives Available to Discuss Importance, Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Washington, D.C. - Black activists with a conservative political perspective are now available for media interviews to discuss the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thoughts and actions. With the national holiday approaching marking the late civil rights icon's ...
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Low Gas Prices Could Ultimately Hurt U.S. Economy, by Fred Banyon

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Although the prices at the pump are nice these days, the cost of oil should probably be a little bit higher. Sorry. There's celebration because the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently reached a new high of over 18,000, but some ...
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"Racially Motivated" Hiring Hurting White Firemen Challenged by Black Activists in Court

“Racially Motivated” Hiring Hurting White Firemen Challenged by Black Activists in Court

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Project 21 Black Leadership Network Joins Pacific Legal Foundation, Others in Charging the City of Buffalo, New York "Allowed the Fire Department's Promotional Lists to Expire, Because the Next Applicants in Line for Promotion Were all Caucasian" Washington, D.C. / ...
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The “Black Lives Matter” Slogan Ignores Self-Destructive Behavior, by Derryck Green

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"Black Lives Matter" is a great slogan. As a black man, I agree that black lives matter just as much as the lives of any of our racial counterparts. But chanting, marching and hashtag activism isn't going to work unless ...
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To Improve Race Relations, Don’t Suppress Your Race, by Stacy Washington

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Writers at Salon.com are a very unhappy bunch. Salon features articles about how depressing it is to be an American, how much life sucks for various victim groups and how everyone on the right side of the ideological spectrum is ...
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Blacks’ “Wartime” Mentality Disregarding Opportunity Makes Them Their Own Worst Enemy, by Christopher Arps

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Noted author and intellectual Shelby Steele, a black conservative, once wrote: "It is time for blacks to begin the shift from a wartime to a peacetime identity, from fighting for opportunity to the seizing of it." It's true. And even ...
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Important Questions and a Few Easy Steps to Stop an American Ebola Outbreak, by Kevin L. Martin

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In fighting Ebola, President Obama has repeated his strategy from the Libyan revolution and is leading from behind. As public anxiety spiked at a fever pitch, the President and his staff made pronouncements and took actions leaving more questions than ...
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How to Make Media Coverage of Race a Force for Unity, by Hughey Newsome

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Like most Americans, I anxiously awaited the decision of the Ferguson grand jury. My concern was not about how the grand jury tasked with assessing the case against Officer Darren Wilson might rule. I trusted it to act fairly in ...
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Eric Garner Was Killed by New York Tax Collectors, by Shelby Emmett

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Some of the greatest people in my life are black men. All of these great black men are heroes to me in some way. They are amazing fathers and hard workers whose work goes unheralded. These black men are my ...
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Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over 25 years, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Its members have been quoted, interviewed or published over 40,000 times since the program was created in 1992. Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated, and may be earmarked exclusively for the use of Project 21.