Category: Project 21 Press Releases

Statement by Project 21's Cherylyn Harley LeBon on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's New Plan to Give New Mothers Who Don't Exclusively Breastfeed a 'Talking-To' Each and Every Time They Feed Their Baby Formula

Statement by Project 21’s Cherylyn Harley LeBon on New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New Plan to Give New Mothers Who Don’t Exclusively Breastfeed a ‘Talking-To’ Each and Every Time They Feed Their Baby Formula

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21's Cherylyn Harley LeBon has issued the following statement regarding New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's latest foray into beverage restrictions: Locking up baby formula and giving government "talking-tos" to hospitalized mothers each and every time they ...
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Black Conservatives Discuss "Star Witness" Testimony, Motives as Zimmerman Trial Progresses

Black Conservatives Discuss “Star Witness” Testimony, Motives as Zimmerman Trial Progresses

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Washington, D.C. - In the trial of George Zimmerman, the so-called "star witness" for the prosecution, Rachel Jeantel, ended two days of testimony. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting. Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon Martin since ...
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Black Legal Expert Condemns Latest DOJ Attack on Texas Voter ID

Black Legal Expert Condemns Latest DOJ Attack on Texas Voter ID

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Eric Holder's Attempt to Revive Unconstitutional Preclearance Standards is Based on "Phony Claims," Says Author of 2012 Paper Critical of Weak DOJ Claims that Texas' Voter ID Law is Discriminatory Despite Supreme Court Ruling Last Month on Voting Rights Act's ...
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Black Activists Call for Calm at Planned Weekend Protests of Zimmerman Verdict

Black Activists Call for Calm at Planned Weekend Protests of Zimmerman Verdict

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Washington, D.C. - With members of the civil rights lobby organizing new nationwide protests this coming weekend to continue to voice opposition to last Saturday's not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case in Florida, members of the Project 21 ...
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Black Conservatives Analyze Aftermath of Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are analyzing the legal aspects of the George Zimmerman verdict and commenting on the implications: "While I'm thrilled with this outcome, it should never have come to this. This ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on Not Guilty Verdict in Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - George Zimmerman, who faced charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty tonight by a six-person jury of his peers in Sanford, Florida. Members of the Project ...
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Prosecutorial Ineptitude in Zimmerman Case Increases Racial Tension, Say Black Conservatives

Prosecutorial Ineptitude in Zimmerman Case Increases Racial Tension, Say Black Conservatives

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Group Calls on Public to Let Justice Peacefully Prevail Washington, D.C. - A week-and-a-half into the trial of George Zimmerman, members of the Project 21 black leadership network say the prosecution's case is faltering, and increased tensions as a result ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on the First Week of George Zimmerman Trial, Coverage of Rachel Jeantel Testimony

Black Conservatives Comment on the First Week of George Zimmerman Trial, Coverage of Rachel Jeantel Testimony

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Washington, D.C. - With the second week of the George Zimmerman trial underway in Florida, featuring the procedural testimony of officers who were involved with the case and crime scene experts, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are ...
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Conservatives Asked to Reach Out to Zimmerman Trial Witness Rachel Jeantel and Others Like Her

Conservatives Asked to Reach Out to Zimmerman Trial Witness Rachel Jeantel and Others Like Her

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Washington, D.C. - While the George Zimmerman trial moved on to other witnesses, people are still talking about the dramatic cross-examination of the late Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Stacy Swimp, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network, ...
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Voting Rights Act Shelby County Court Decision Applauded by Black Conservatives

Voting Rights Act Shelby County Court Decision Applauded by Black Conservatives

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Supreme Court Rules 50-Year-Old Behavior Inconsistent with Modern Society Decision May End Obama Administration DOJ's Attacks on State Voter ID Laws Washington, D.C. - Legal experts with the Project 21 black leadership network are hailing a ruling handed down by ...
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