Category: Project 21

God Stands Knocking at the Door of America's Heart: Will the Tragedy at Columbine High Be Enough to Let Him Back In? by Bishop Earl Jackson Sr.

God Stands Knocking at the Door of America’s Heart: Will the Tragedy at Columbine High Be Enough to Let Him Back In? by Bishop Earl Jackson Sr.

New Visions Commentary /
How many nightmarish scenes of youth violence must America witness before we realize that this is the harvest of a generation which has turned its back on God? We have banned prayer from the public schools and God from public ...
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Three R's Take a Back Seat to the Final Four: Suspension of NCAA Academic Standards Could Hurt Student Athletes

Three R’s Take a Back Seat to the Final Four: Suspension of NCAA Academic Standards Could Hurt Student Athletes

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 call Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter's March ruling overturning the NCAA's minimum acadmic standards for freshmen athletes a fit of "March Madness" that will devastate student athletics for years to come. Project 21 ...
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Black Organization Decries Unfair Maryland Taxation

Black Organization Decries Unfair Maryland Taxation

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Death Tax and Proposed Cigarette Tax Unfair to Low-Income and Minority Citizens Two taxes in the state of Maryland - inheritance taxes and a proposed increase in the cigarette tax - are criticized by members of the African-American leadership network ...
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African-American Group Critical of Judge's Ruling Against Academic Standards

African-American Group Critical of Judge’s Ruling Against Academic Standards

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NCAA Academic Standards Ensure Accomplishment in Classroom and on the FieldMembers of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are outraged by the March 8 ruling of a federal judge overturning minimum academic standards instituted by the NCAA to ensure college ...
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The Real Racists, by James Coleman

The Real Racists, by James Coleman

New Visions Commentary /
Far too many Americans have it in their heads that racism makes a home on the right wing of our political spectrum. It is the political left, however, that has presided over the decline of our inner cities. It is ...
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Social Security is Unfair to Black Americans, by John Meredith

Social Security is Unfair to Black Americans, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published March 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct NE, Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected] Reprints permitted provided source is credited. If a group of strangers living ...
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Black History Month: A Retrospective, by Amy Ridenour

Black History Month: A Retrospective, by Amy Ridenour

New Visions Commentary /
I don't know about you, but I've never known what to think about Black History Month. Whenever I think of it, my first thought is invariably: What comic decided to make Black History Month the shortest month of the year? ...
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Texans Do the Right Thing in Racial Murder Case; Death Sentence for White Supremacist Proves System Works - February 1999

Texans Do the Right Thing in Racial Murder Case; Death Sentence for White Supremacist Proves System Works – February 1999

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 applaud the quick and decisive action of the Texas jury that convicted and sentenced white supremacist John William King for the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. in Jasper, Texas. The successful ...
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Statement by Project 21 at the Announcement of the Samaritan Project's "New American Compact" - February 1999

Statement by Project 21 at the Announcement of the Samaritan Project’s “New American Compact” – February 1999

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 On behalf of the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21, I would like to commend Bishop Earl Jackson for bringing us all here today to be a part of his great effort to promote racial harmony and foster ...
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Black Leadership Network Opposes Civil Rights Nominee; Senate Urged to Reject Clinton's Choice to Implement Civil Rights Policy - February 1999

Black Leadership Network Opposes Civil Rights Nominee; Senate Urged to Reject Clinton’s Choice to Implement Civil Rights Policy – February 1999

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 urge the U.S. Senate to reject President Clinton's expected renomination of activist lawyer Bill Lann Lee as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Lee's ...
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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.