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Black Activists Comment on Kagan Nomination to U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, DC - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about President Barack Obama's nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court. Mychal Massie: "After all of the division he has foisted upon ...
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Congressman Should Know Better than to Compare Tea Party Attendees to Klansmen, Black Leader Says
Washington, D.C.: Deneen Borelli, full-time fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network and frequent speaker at tea party rallies, says Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)'s recent comparison of tea party rally participants to members of the Ku Klux Klan is ...
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Statement of Black Conservative Project 21 Members on Signing of Health Care Legislation and on Accusations of Racism Against Tea Party Activists
Washington, D.C.: - The following are comments by members of the Project 21 black conservative leadership network on the signing of health care legislation by President Obama yesterday and on continuing accusations of racism by Tea Party activists protesting the ...
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Where Is the Outrage When Black Conservative Tea Party Activists Are Called the N-Word?
Washington, D.C.: Black conservatives opposed to government-run health care routinely are called the "n-word" and worse -- by liberals, says Deneen Borelli, full-time Fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network. To black lawmakers allegedly receiving the same treatment, Borelli ...
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What is a “Black Agenda”?
Washington, D.C.: Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, is critical of the premise of talk show host Tavis Smiley's upcoming March 20 conference that seeks to set a "black agenda" for America. "What is a black ...
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Black Leader Speaks Out Against Obama Recommending Reconciliation to Pass Government-Run Health Care
Washington, D.C.: Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, is condemning President Barack Obama for urging Senate leaders to employ controversial reconciliation rules to force a government takeover of health care. "The people have spoken, and they ...
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Rangel’s Removal from Ways and Means Chairmanship Sparks Black Conservative Response
Washington, D.C.: Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting on the announcement by Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) that he will at least temporarily step down from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee. Bishop Council ...
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Has Rangel Lost Touch? Black Conservatives Speak Out on Rangel Ethics Rebuke
Washington, D.C.: Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about the congressional "public admonishment" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY), the chairman of the powerful tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, for going on trips to ...
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Black Leader Critical of NAACP Image Award for Van Jones
Washington, D.C.: The NAACP’s decision to bestow an Image Award on radical activist and former Obama Administration official Van Jones is drawing a stern rebuke from Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network. "I understand that it's ...
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Washington Post/Henry Louis Gates Website Wants to Write Black Conservatives Out of Black History
As Black History Month draws to a close, the web site The Root has chosen to publish a hateful article that demeans black conservatives solely for their political views -- grouping them with brutal dictators, convicted criminals and self-centered celebrities. ...
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