Category: Project 21

Black Conservatives Say Black Candidates for Elected Office Should Not Be Abused on Account of Race; Group Calls on All Candidates and Parties to Shun Both Use of Racial Slurs and Those Who Employ Them

Black Conservatives Say Black Candidates for Elected Office Should Not Be Abused on Account of Race; Group Calls on All Candidates and Parties to Shun Both Use of Racial Slurs and Those Who Employ Them

Press Release /
In light of the racial indignities being foisted upon Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele, a black Republican who recently announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, members of the black leadership group Project 21 call on all candidates and political parties ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Denounce Racialist Milwaukee Newspaper Editorial; Journal Sentinel Accuses Clarence Thomas of Not Representing Black America

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Denounce Racialist Milwaukee Newspaper Editorial; Journal Sentinel Accuses Clarence Thomas of Not Representing Black America

Press Release /
Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are condemning a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial in which United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is said to need as "asterisk" next to his name with regard to his race ...
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It Takes More Than A Village, by Christopher Schrimpf

It Takes More Than A Village, by Christopher Schrimpf

New Visions Commentary /
In her book It Takes a Village, Hillary Clinton used that African proverb to argue that a community is most important for proper child development.  Downplaying the importance of the family is never sound advice, especially when a recent hearing ...
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Are Black Leaders Guilty of "Criminal Neglect"? by Kevin Martin

Are Black Leaders Guilty of “Criminal Neglect”? by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
My sympathies go out to the thousands who journeyed to Washington or camped in front of the television for Minister Louis Farrakhan's recent "Millions More March." For the time and effort spectators put into the rally, there was little real ...
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Black Conservatives React to Miers Withdrawal

Black Conservatives React to Miers Withdrawal

Press Release /
Commenting on Harriet Miers's decision to withdraw her nomination for the currently open seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are asking President George W. Bush to abide by his stated commitment to ...
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Black Conservative Reaction to the Death of Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks

Black Conservative Reaction to the Death of Civil Rights Icon Rosa Parks

Press Release /
Members of the conservative black leadership network Project 21 are saddened by the passing of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and honor her actions as a catalyst for positive change toward making America an equal-opportunity society. Parks died of natural ...
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Black Conservatives Speak on Miers Nomination

Black Conservatives Speak on Miers Nomination

ConservativeBlog.org, Press Release /
Uncertainty regarding the beliefs, affiliations and legal career of White House counsel Harriet Miers has produced a wide array of opinions from conservatives. To follow are comments from black conservatives affiliated with Project 21: Deneen Moore (New York, NY): "Is ...
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New Orleans, Land of Dreams, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Orleans, Land of Dreams, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Despite what you read in the papers or heard during the often histrionic 24-hour news coverage, Hurricane Katrina didn't skip over the rest of the Gulf Coast to settle exclusively on the Big Easy. People in Mississippi and other parts ...
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Castigation of Condi Betrays Black Tradition, by Carletta Skinner

Castigation of Condi Betrays Black Tradition, by Carletta Skinner

New Visions Commentary /
Condoleezza Rice is a bright star in space that contains few African-Americans and even fewer African-American women. Normally, this would be a cause for great celebration in the black community. She is the first black woman and only the second ...
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The Media's Shameful Reporting of Hurricane Katrina, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

The Media’s Shameful Reporting of Hurricane Katrina, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Irresponsible.  Overwrought.  Appalling. I'm not referring to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to Hurricane Katrina.  I'm talking about the way print and television media covered the hurricane's aftermath. Americans were told that life in the Superdome and New Orleans's ...
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