Category: Project 21

Bitterness, Debt and Failure Among Good Black Students: Blame Preference Policies

Bitterness, Debt and Failure Among Good Black Students: Blame Preference Policies

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To foster race-neutral admissions processes at American colleges and universities, the Trump Administration rescinded “unnecessary, outdated, inconsistent with existing law or otherwise improper” guidance issued during the Obama era. Among discarded guidance is the approval of race-explicit selection criteria – including ...
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Race-Neutral College Admissions Action Applauded by Black Activists

Race-Neutral College Admissions Action Applauded by Black Activists

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Project 21 Offers Recommendations Complementary to Trump Administration Move to Help Black Students Succeed Washington, D.C. – Black students will be more likely to succeed in higher education thanks to new action by the Trump Administration against race preferences in ...
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Don’t Support Trump View on School Admissions? Maybe You’re the Racist!

Don’t Support Trump View on School Admissions? Maybe You’re the Racist!

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Legal guidance from the federal government favoring race preferences in college and university admissions was wiped away by the Trump Administration. Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper says that’s a good thing, and he questioned those who insist affirmative action policies are ...
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Give Blacks Equal Voting Rights: Put an End to Schemes That Dilute the Black Vote, Black Leaders Say

Give Blacks Equal Voting Rights: Put an End to Schemes That Dilute the Black Vote, Black Leaders Say

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Washington, DC - Although poll taxes and literacy tests have been illegal for many decades, blacks are still being denied their rights to fully participate in elections today, according to the black leadership network Project 21. While the techniques used now to ...
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Left’s Harassment Tactics Betray Civil Rights Legacy

Left’s Harassment Tactics Betray Civil Rights Legacy

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When Representative Maxine Waters spoke in favor of “absolutely harass[ing]” members of the Trump Administration as a protest of their policies – real or perceived – Project 21 member Derrick Hollie asked “[w]here does this sort of rhetoric lead?” In ...
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Liberal Justices’ Different Standard for Judging Trump, Obama Statements

Liberal Justices’ Different Standard for Judging Trump, Obama Statements

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National Center Senior Fellow Horace Cooper says the Constitution won out over emotionalism when the U.S. Supreme Court voted to keep President Donald Trump’s travel security orders in place. In an interview published by Newsweek, Horace also noted that the Supreme ...
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Institutions of Faith are Critically Important to Black Progress, Black Leaders Say

Institutions of Faith are Critically Important to Black Progress, Black Leaders Say

Project 21 Releases Plan to Reinvigorate Black Churches, Including Tax Incentives for Supporting Church Day Care and Schools, Bans of Race-Based Abortions and Ending Federal Restrictions on Church Speech Washington, D.C. – Black churches have long been the most important ...
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Rep. Waters, You Are Sullying Martin Luther King’s Legacy, by Derrick Hollie

Rep. Waters, You Are Sullying Martin Luther King’s Legacy, by Derrick Hollie

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Every January, our nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and every February, during Black History Month, we contemplate his words of nonviolent resistance and how the practice of that philosophy brought about the civil rights movement. Leaders, both black ...
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Better Black Deal on Immigration Explained on Fox Business

Better Black Deal on Immigration Explained on Fox Business

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Recommendations in Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America” for stopping wealth transfer from black citizens to illegal aliens were explained by Co-Chairman Horace Cooper during a recent interview on the Fox Business Network. In all, there ...
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Black Leaders Praise Trump Administration for Helping Make New Vehicles Safer, Cheaper

Black Leaders Praise Trump Administration for Helping Make New Vehicles Safer, Cheaper

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Rollback of CAFE Mandate Is Compliant with Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America” Washington, D.C. - The Project 21 black leadership network is thanking two members of President Trump’s cabinet for easing regulations that disproportionately hurt ...
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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.