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Black Unemployment is Worse Today than it Was in 1963: How Will We Respond? 26 Aug 2013 | 02:03 pm
You should read this article from economist Bill Spriggs. He brings to light a number of comparisons between the march on Washington that took place this week and the one that took place in 1963. Ba...
Did You Know Dr. King Tried to Get Kennedy to Issue Another Emancipation Proclamation? 24 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
By Taylor Branch and Haley Sweetland Edwards In October 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. and President John F. Kennedy took an after-lunch stroll through the elegant hallways of the White House reside...
School Shooting Hero Antoinette Tuff Gets Call from Obama, May Get Invited to the White House 24 Aug 2013 | 02:19 am
Not long ago, the life of Antoinette Tuff was a difficult one. Her husband had just left her after 30 years and she even admitted that she attempted suicide a year ago. Now, she’s a nationally-recog...
Group Plans to March in Protest of The Shooting of a 14-Year Old Boy in a White Neighborhood 23 Aug 2013 | 11:39 pm
By Yolanda Spivey A walk is being held in honor of a black teenage boy who was shot in the head by a white homeowner in New Orleans, LA. Reverend Raymond Brown and a group of civil rights activist p...
Group Says there is a “State of Emergency” in Black America at King’s 50th Anniversary Closes In 23 Aug 2013 | 10:03 pm
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington has turned into a celebration for some, but a wake up call for others. There are several leaders who feel that the black community has not advanced as ...
Youth Defending the Dream: Young People Take on Conservative Powerhouse ALEC 21 Aug 2013 | 07:37 am
An alliance of students and young people from across the country called, “We Got Next”, have planned a dramatic action in Crystal City, Virginia at the headquarters of the controversial American Legis...
Why Dr. King Wouldn’t Be Invited to the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: Dr. Wilmer Leon Explains 21 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III “Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human sp...
NYPD Storm Home on Mistaken Identity, Father of 8 Dies in the Process 18 Aug 2013 | 01:04 am
By: Staff Blogger The New York Daily News is reporting that 43 year-old Carlos Alcis, died suddenly after NYPD officers brutishly entered his Brooklyn home after mistakenly accusing his 16 year-old s...
National Association of Black Social Workers Joins Boycott Against the State of Florida 17 Aug 2013 | 07:21 am
Recently, Dr. Ron Daniels and the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, launched a boycott against the state of Florida to support the family of Trayvon Martin. The boycott was in protest of the...
Whites Stopped and Frisked More Likely to Have Weapons than Blacks 17 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am
By William Spriggs U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has issued new directives to his U.S. attorneys in the field to use prosecutorial discretion and stop pursuing low-level drug possession cases ...
