Clinton Defends Byrd’s KKK Ties: “He Was Trying To Get Elected”
“He once had a fleeting association with the Ku Klux Klan, what does that mean? I’ll tell you what it means. He was a country boy from the hills and hollows from West Virginia. He was trying to get elected,” former President Bill Clinton said of Sen. Robert Byrd.
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6-year-old on terror watch list
Malcolm and Martin, closer than we ever thought
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was leaving a news conference one afternoon when a tall man with a coppery complexion stepped out of the crowd and blocked his path.
Malcolm X, the African-American Muslim leader who once called King “Rev. Dr. Chicken-wing,” extended his hand and smiled.
“Well, Malcolm, good to see you,” King said after [...]
Writer Says That Hip-Hop Is Holding African-Americans Back
Author Thomas Chatterton Williams, has book, “Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture,” out where he claimed that hip-hop music is detrimental to African-Americans. Here was interviewed by Angel Woodall for the Oakland Tribune, here are some excerpts:
The stakes are higher, he said, because racism and now hip-hop have [...]
Bodies of all dead W.Va. miners recovered
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – The bodies of all 29 West Virginia coal miners killed in an explosion last week have been recovered from the mine, a spokeswoman for the state mine office said Tuesday.
Jama Jarrett said the last bodies were taken out around 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Tuesday and the bodies were being sent [...]
Rescuers Pull Out of WV Mine
Why the census is a civil rights issue
One of the most pressing civil rights issues of the moment concerns the 2010 Census. Funding for hospitals, schools, roads, senior centers, emergency services and other infrastructure are all directly tied to the population counts produced by the Census Bureau. Under-represented communities suffer when they don’t receive the funds necessary [...]
Couples Celebrate Black Marriage Day
For Kenny and Lynette Seymour, last weekend’s black marriage gala was about celebrating their seven-year marriage. They got to meet other black couples while spending a romantic evening together.
“Every time you meet another couple, you learn something new about yourself and relationships in general,” said Kenny Seymour, a 39-year-old Broadway music director who lives in [...]
‘Negro’ A Race. SMH? The Term Is Now On The 2010 Census!
The Community Organizers Who Discovered Obama
Throughout his political career, President Barack Obama has frequently referred to his years as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago. During this time, as a means of affecting social justice, he learned how to develop leadership potential and respond to the needs of the people. The organization in which he got his [...]
