Author: The National Center

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activist Takes Issue with School Choice Opposition

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activist Takes Issue with School Choice Opposition

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Senator Edward Kennedy's (D-MA) opposition to a proposed revision of the federal "No Child Left Behind" educational policy to allow school choice is evidence of an elitist attitude and a willingness to put the desires of the teachers' unions over ...
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Black Activists Outraged Over Liberal Merger of Abortion and Civil Rights

Black Activists Outraged Over Liberal Merger of Abortion and Civil Rights

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Inclusion of Planned Parenthood in a self-described civil rights coalition has outraged members of the black leadership network Project 21, as Planned Parenthood advocates and provides abortions - particularly in the black community. "How can a civil rights group that ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Senator Boxer's Insult of Condoleezza Rice Condemned by Black Conservatives

Project 21 Press Release: Senator Boxer’s Insult of Condoleezza Rice Condemned by Black Conservatives

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Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is being criticized by members of the black leadership network Project 21 for implying that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lacks a proper perspective on the War on Terror in Iraq because she does not have ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Hail Stem Cell Breakthrough

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Hail Stem Cell Breakthrough

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With the announcement that researchers have found that stem cells obtained from a mother's amniotic fluid appear to have similar properties and exhibit the same healing potential as stem cells harvested from human embryos, members of the black leadership network ...
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Black Activists Praise President Bush's Aid, Support for Africa

Black Activists Praise President Bush’s Aid, Support for Africa

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 applaud President Bush for his largely unrecognized work to aid the African continent through a dramatic increase in humanitarian and developmental aid as well as increased trade and diplomatic interest during his ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Comment on the Debate Over Troop Levels in Iraq

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Comment on the Debate Over Troop Levels in Iraq

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Now that President George W. Bush has formally announced that 21,500 more soldiers and Marines will be sent to Iraq, and some criticism has been raised by liberals in Congress, veterans who are members of the black leadership network Project ...
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Black Activists Applaud Court's Support for Race-Neutral Admissions

Black Activists Applaud Court’s Support for Race-Neutral Admissions

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In the wake of an appeals court decision ordering resistant Michigan universities to immediately implement the race-neutral admission standards overwhelmingly approved by voters, members of the black leadership network Project 21 demand an end to obstructionist legal challenges of the ...
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Bowl Game Proposal a True Indicator of Race Relations, Not Kramer's Racist Rant, by Joe R. Hicks and David A. Lehrer

Bowl Game Proposal a True Indicator of Race Relations, Not Kramer’s Racist Rant, by Joe R. Hicks and David A. Lehrer

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Some have said that Michael Richards's recent on-stage racist tirade indicated that America's racist past is not so distant. Some black leaders used it to drive the message that racism lies just beneath the surface of American life and that ...
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Supremes Still Working on School Equality, by Deneen Borelli

Supremes Still Working on School Equality, by Deneen Borelli

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Even though public school segregation was outlawed over 50 years ago, there are still lingering questions about the constitutionality of racial preferences that the U.S. Supreme Court must decide. Before the Court right now is a set of cases challenging ...
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Dr. King's Dream Today a Nightmare, by Mychal Massie

Dr. King’s Dream Today a Nightmare, by Mychal Massie

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As we marked our nation's annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we received many reminders that it's time for America to remember the injustices he fought. Preachers preached special sermons, teachers had special lesson plans and politicians - ...
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