Category: Project 21 Press Releases

Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Members Hail Committee Action on Filling One Judicial Vacancy, But Note That Struggle To Fill Judicial Vacancies Promptly Continues

Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Members Hail Committee Action on Filling One Judicial Vacancy, But Note That Struggle To Fill Judicial Vacancies Promptly Continues

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Janice Rogers Brown, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21 by a 10-8 party-line vote. Senate liberals, however, imply resumed filibusters will keep her and other ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize NAACP for Filibuster Flip-Flop; Civil Rights Group Now Supports Senate Tactic That Hobbled Civil Rights Legislation

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize NAACP for Filibuster Flip-Flop; Civil Rights Group Now Supports Senate Tactic That Hobbled Civil Rights Legislation

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Members of the black leadership organization Project 21 are criticizing the NAACP for endorsing filibusters against Bush Administration judicial nominees, calling the NAACP endorsement contradictory to the group's past position, when filibusters halted the progress of civil rights bills. "For ...
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Black Activists Rap Rangel for Opposing Social Security Reform; Congressman's "Disappointing" Rant Reduces Chances for Black Empowerment

Black Activists Rap Rangel for Opposing Social Security Reform; Congressman’s “Disappointing” Rant Reduces Chances for Black Empowerment

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Recent remarks by Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) calling President George W. Bush's proposal to reform the nation's ailing Social Security system "fraud" and its promotion an "impeachable offense" are condemned by members of the black leadership network Project 21. Reform ...
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Senator Reid Should Apologize: Furor Over Remarks About Clarence Thomas Is Not Dying Down

Senator Reid Should Apologize: Furor Over Remarks About Clarence Thomas Is Not Dying Down

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In the wake of the hurtful and racially-insensitive comments made by incoming Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) about U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are demanding the liberal senator immediately ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Applaud Bush Selections for Civil Rights Commission; Change in Commissioners and Staff Will Create "True Leadership"

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Applaud Bush Selections for Civil Rights Commission; Change in Commissioners and Staff Will Create “True Leadership”

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are applauding recent appointments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights made by President George W. Bush. President Bush selected Gerald A. Reynolds, a former civil rights official with the U.S. Department ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Condemn Anti-Rice Hate Speech; Civil rights Leaders Criticized for Ignoring Attacks on Conservative Minorities

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Condemn Anti-Rice Hate Speech; Civil rights Leaders Criticized for Ignoring Attacks on Conservative Minorities

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President Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state has resulted in harsh liberal criticism that members of the black leadership network Project 21 consider racist. Along with their condemnations of offensive commentators and cartoonists, Project 21 members also ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Remarks at Justice for Judges Press Conference at the U.S. Senate - November 2003

Project 21 Press Release: Remarks at Justice for Judges Press Conference at the U.S. Senate – November 2003

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I am here today as a representative of Project 21, the African-American leadership network of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Project 21 was formed over a decade ago when it was observed that the vast numbers of conservative ...
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Project 21 Press Release: HUSSEINandTERROR.com Website Details Ties Between Saddam Hussein and Terrorism

Project 21 Press Release: HUSSEINandTERROR.com Website Details Ties Between Saddam Hussein and Terrorism

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Links between former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and international terrorists - including Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda - are documented on a new Internet website created by columnist Deroy Murdock, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network. Murdock, ...
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Black Network Speaks Out Against Apparent NASCAR Shakedown

Black Network Speaks Out Against Apparent NASCAR Shakedown

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A self-syled minority activist group has announced plans to protest a Nextel Cup NASCAR auto race this weekend. Members of the black leadership network Project 21 speculate that this is another attempt to wrest money and influence from the professional ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Decry Advance Claims of Voter Suppression; Conspiratorial Claims are Not Constructive to Full Voter Participation, Group Says

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Decry Advance Claims of Voter Suppression; Conspiratorial Claims are Not Constructive to Full Voter Participation, Group Says

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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing September 17 on the potential for voter disfranchisement in the 2004 general election. Project 21 members charge liberal groups are raising the specter of voter suppression in friendly venues such ...
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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.