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Akindele Akinyemi

Black Liberals Need To Stop The Double Standard, by Akindele Akinyemi

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Black Liberals Need To Stop The Double Standard by Akindele Akinyemi (bio) Radio host Don Imus's reputation and career quickly went downhill. Imus recently made the bad decision to describe the Rutgers University women's basketball team as "rough girls" with ...
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B.B. Robinson

Subprime Mortgages: A Case of Back to the Future, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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  Subprime Mortgages:  A Case of Back to the Future by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Are you living "the American Dream"?  More importantly, are you able to pay for it? According to Census Bureau figures, almost 70 percent of American ...
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Cesar Chavez Did Little to Stop His Union's Violence, Charges Civil Rights Activist at Congressional Hearing on Honoring Chavez

Cesar Chavez Did Little to Stop His Union’s Violence, Charges Civil Rights Activist at Congressional Hearing on Honoring Chavez

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Joe R. Hicks, a Project 21 member who marched arm-in-arm with Jesse Jackson at Cesar Chavez's funeral in 1993, will testify before Congress March 29 in opposition to spending public funds honoring the late United Farm Workers union organizer. Hicks ...
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House Action on Iraq Supports 'Disgrace and Defeat', Black Leader Says

House Action on Iraq Supports ‘Disgrace and Defeat’, Black Leader Says

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Project 21’s Kevin Martin is speaking out in support of President George W. Bush's decision to veto the controversial emergency supplemental spending bill for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan that was approved by the House today by a thin 218-212 ...
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Might "Strengthening Black Families Month" Be Better Than Celebrating Black History? by La Shawn Barber

Might “Strengthening Black Families Month” Be Better Than Celebrating Black History? by La Shawn Barber

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It's Black History Month again. Time to break out the tributes to Martin Luther King, go downtown to listen to bad poetry and look at bad art about the struggles of black folk, belt out a chorus of "We Shall ...
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Have Blacks Advanced in the 21st Century? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

Have Blacks Advanced in the 21st Century? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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Six years ago, I made a public plea for our community to achieve a set of goals that would move us further up the path toward full integration into American society.  I said at that time - and I still ...
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Why the "N" Word Grows in Popularity, by Jeffrey Hicks

Why the “N” Word Grows in Popularity, by Jeffrey Hicks

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The "n-word" is perhaps the most emotionally-loaded term in the English language. Throughout its history, the n-word's usage was primarily meant to dehumanize, debase and dishonor African-Americans.  In the "good old days," the word was used by bigots with either ...
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Oprah Shouldn't Give Up on Our Kids, by Deneen Borelli

Oprah Shouldn’t Give Up on Our Kids, by Deneen Borelli

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After visiting our nation's failing urban public schools, Oprah Winfrey felt frustrated.  In an interview with Newsweek magazine, she said:  "I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools in the U.S.  The sense that you need to learn just isn't ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists React to Senator Joe Biden's Comments About Senator Barack Obama

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists React to Senator Joe Biden’s Comments About Senator Barack Obama

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In calling Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) a "storybook" candidate based on his view that Biden is "articulate, bright and clean," Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) has angered members of the black leadership network Project 21, who say Biden's remarks are elitist, ...
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Black Activist Criticizes Nagin's Convoluted Comments to Senate Committee

Black Activist Criticizes Nagin’s Convoluted Comments to Senate Committee

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Calling his testimony a "smokescreen" to cover up his own failings at the outset of the Hurricane Katrina crisis, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are criticizing the racially-charged rhetoric of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin (D) before ...
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