Why African Americans Aren't Occupying Wall Street
Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:37:47 -0800

Despite the fact that African Americans have been hit harder by the recession than white people, African Americans are not participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement at the same rate as white people. Despite the fact that African Americans are ...

Docs show approach to suppressing black votes
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:06 -0800

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. after introducing matter-of-fact campaign documents addressing a plan to suppress African - American votes. The documents, seized by FBI agents through raids and subpoenas in their investigation of Ehrlich campaign manager Paul ...

Voting Rights and Responsibilities
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:00:28 -0800

Because a disproportionate number of felons are African American , felon-disenfranchisement laws have a disparate impact on the basis of race, but those laws that are currently on the books every state but two has them are not about race, ...

Herman Cain in low single digits with black and Hispanic women, poll shows
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:31:00 -0800

POLITICO's Glenn Thrush has a fun calling get: Barring a massive shift of sentiment, Herman Cain was never going to do well with African - American or Latino voters or women voters. But wow. A survey of 800 African - American and Latino voters conducted ...

US Justice Dept. to probe Miami police shootings
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:29:07 -0800

"We will follow the facts where the facts lead us. We will peel the onion to its core." The shootings in inner-city Miami, from July 2010 to February 2011 and including two others that were not fatal, sparked outrage in the African - American community ...

Black Women Take On Comic Book Industry
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:43:04 -0800

Eaton, an African - American comic book creator from Edison, NJ, became fed up with the lack of diversity within the comic book publishing industry and the creative communities she encountered. In 2007, that frustration led her to found the Ormes Society ...

A Reply to Herman Cain, Conservatism and the Black Vote
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:14:19 -0800

In 2009, Mc Allister was a panelist at the 10th Annual State of the Black Union and the CNN panel discussion Young & Black In America: Empowering the Next Generation of African American Leaders. In 2010, Lenny was featured in the Studio 360 series ...

African - American performance artist adopts whiteface to fight racism on the ...
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:46:04 -0800

Nate Hill, who is African - American , has been walking around the streets of Harlem, New York in whiteface, wearing a suit and with a sign around his neck that reads: 'White People Do Not Smell Like Wet Dog'. Mr Hill uses creative and often wacky ways of ...

HIV Treatment Lags In US , Guaranteeing More Infections
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:05:57 -0800

by Richard Knox The latest numbers from CDC show that only 28 percent of the nation's 1.2 million HIV-infected people are getting effective antiviral treatment; effective treatment rates are lowest among African - American men. ...

African - Americans hit hardest by cutbacks in government employment
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:34:56 -0800

By Jennie L Phipps | MLive.com Contributor African - Americans continue to be much harder hit than whites by the economic downturn and resulting unemployment. A story in today's New York Times points out that In October, the black unemployment rate was ...

Are Republicans Shrinking Government Because It's too Black ?
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:33:33 -0800

In fact, over 20% of all public sector workers state, local and federal are African American . Yet, despite this salve, Black employment, at 15.1%, is nearly double the White unemployment rate of 8%. Thus, it is with particular horror when I see the ...

Black buying power increases, but circulation of dollar within community ...
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:48:39 -0800

The growth of black-owned businesses in the Crossroads has not fared as well though, said Matthew Gaskin, president of Victoria's African American Chamber of Commerce. Gaskin estimated the chamber is made up of at least 30 businesses, a figure that has ...

Professor Revisits Clark Doll Tests
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:03:47 -0800

Robin Bernstein, a professor of African and African American studies and women, gender, and sexuality, presented a critique of the historic study at a WEB Du Bois Institute Colloquium. The Clark doll tests were a series of experiments conducted by black ...

African American museum accepts KKK robes, raises money
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:41:39 -0800

By Chris L. Jenkins Right now, it's just a gallery located on the second floor of the National Museum of American History. But by 2015, the Museum of African American History and Culture will rise from a grassy knoll on the Mall into a full-fledged ...

Pigford Settlement Claims Filing Period Opens for African American Farmers and ...
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:08:17 -0800

29- The period for African American farmers and ranchers to file a claim in the Pigford II settlement has opened. Those eligible must file claims no later than May 11, 2012. "With the opening of the claims process, African American farmers and ranchers ...

Dr. John H. Gladney dies; was prominent physician, educator and civil rights ...
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:08:46 -0800

He grew up to become a prominent physician and educator, the head of the ear, nose and throat department at St. Louis University School of Medicine and the first African - American to lead a department of otolaryngology in the US He marched with the Rev. ...

Herb Wesson's ascension exposes new divide in Black L.A. politics
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:09 -0800

By olu alemoru, Staff Writer Simmering political tensions in Black Los Angeles broke into the open last week, when City Councilman Herb Wesson was unanimously chosen the first African - American president of the Los Angeles City Council only to watch ...

2012: Demand For Excellence In Education Empowerment
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:58:19 -0800

We salute the involvement and leadership of some the outstanding performing artists and young emerging leaders in the African American community who have taken a public stand on the crucial education issue. Especially we note the renowned leadership of ...

Lincoln delivers address to Congress on emancipating enslaved African ...
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:33:44 -0800

On this day in 1862, in the first full year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln delivered an 8400-word address to Congress in which he sought to strike a balance on the divisive issue of emancipating enslaved African - Americans . ...

Making Inroads
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:04:30 -0800

East Marion (14-1), 3 pm By classification for the 2011 season: Leslie Peters laughed when asked how many black head football coaches were around when he became the first African - American to win an MHSAA state football championship 20 years ago. ...