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Black Activists Applaud Supreme Court Ruling Against Racial Preferences

Black Activists Applaud Supreme Court Ruling Against Racial Preferences

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Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the use of racial preferences in public school admissions is being hailed by members of the Project 21 black leadership network as a necessary step in breaking down existing racial resentment and promoting true ...
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Black Conservative Groups Commends President for Stem Cell Veto

Black Conservative Groups Commends President for Stem Cell Veto

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network hail President George W. Bush's veto of a bill that would allow federal funding to be used for embryonic stem cell research.  Project 21 members stand firmly with the large numbers of ...
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Black Conservatives Mark "Juneteenth" Civil Rights Holiday

Black Conservatives Mark “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are asking that the oldest and most recognized commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States - "Juneteenth," observed on June 19 - be used as a day for reflection ...
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Black Activists: Resuscitation of Immigration Reform Legislation Ignores Overwhelming Public Opposition

Black Activists: Resuscitation of Immigration Reform Legislation Ignores Overwhelming Public Opposition

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As senators and the White House try to resurrect the already-failed immigration reform bill, members of the Project 21 black leadership network warn against betraying the public trust. "If there was ever any doubt about what the elected really think ...
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Black Conservatives Denounce Juneteenth-Related Violence

Black Conservatives Denounce Juneteenth-Related Violence

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With violent acts - including one death - plaguing several local Juneteenth observances across the nation, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are critical of celebration organizers who deflect blame for what happened. Project 21 members, longstanding supporters ...
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Sanctions on Sudan Applauded; Darfur Situation "An Embarrassment" to the Civilized World, Says Project 21, "Strong Determined Action" Needed to Stop Suffering of the People of Darfur

Sanctions on Sudan Applauded; Darfur Situation “An Embarrassment” to the Civilized World, Says Project 21, “Strong Determined Action” Needed to Stop Suffering of the People of Darfur

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President Bush began the work week with an early-morning press conference in which he announced U.S.-imposed sanctions on government and rebel leaders in Sudan and Sudanese-controlled companies due to their role in prolonging the mass murder in Sudan's Darfur region ...
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Black Activists Urge Caution on Immigration Compromise

Black Activists Urge Caution on Immigration Compromise

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Black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are skeptical of the just-announced compromise legislation on immigration reform brokered between senators and the Bush Administration. "This debate should not be about civil rights.  It should be about law and order," ...
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Where are Sharpton and Jackson? Rape Jokes About Condoleezza Rice as Offensive as Insults against Rutgers Basketball Team

Where are Sharpton and Jackson? Rape Jokes About Condoleezza Rice as Offensive as Insults against Rutgers Basketball Team

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In light of popular radio hosts joking on-air about violently raping Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the black leadership network Project 21 is asking: Where are Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson? Both Sharpton and Jackson protested when the now-fired Don ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Sharpton Must Apologize; Weeks After Imus Crusade, Sharpton Shows Intolerance of His Own

Project 21 Press Release: Sharpton Must Apologize; Weeks After Imus Crusade, Sharpton Shows Intolerance of His Own

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Black activists representing the Project 21 leadership network are calling upon the Reverend Al Sharpton to acknowledge and apologize for his inappropriate and insensitive remarks directed at the Mormon faith.  The particular shame of Sharpton making such a statement, Project ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Referee Racism in Pro Basketball? Black Activists Skeptical of New Study

Project 21 Press Release: Referee Racism in Pro Basketball? Black Activists Skeptical of New Study

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Black activists charged today that premature release of a new study claiming a racial bias by NBA referees will unnecessarily incite racial tensions. Business professor Justin Wolfers of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Joseph Price, a ...
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