August 2007
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Black-Brown Summit focuses on roots of crime
SERGIO CHAPA, Al Día Participants at the first Black-Brown Summit called for drug rehabilitation, job training and other programs to reduce the disproportionate number of blacks and Hispanics represented in state and federal prisons. The event drew more than 100 members and leaders from the NAACP and the League of United Latin American Citizens from [...]
Althea Gibson to be Commemorated at U.S. Open
Black PR Wire There may only be a handful of people left in the world who haven’t heard of tennis sensation Venus Williams. Even non-tennis fans noticed the headlines this summer when Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title. If several people were surveyed about who was the first major African American tennis player, many would [...]
Pressure builds to end abuse of black women
Lori Robinson, Chicago Tribune I never thought I would see the day R. Kelly would stand trial. After all, it has been five years since the now 40-year-old R&B superstar was charged with several counts of child pornography. With jury selection slated to finally start next month, the infamous videotape of Kelly allegedly having sex [...]
A revealing look at Bob Johnson
George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist Black Entertainment Television received an award from the National Association of Black Journalists last week that it did not want – the group’s Thumbs Down Award. The NABJ Board of Directors voted to give the non-ward award to BET for its depiction of Black images in the media, lack of [...]
The Terrance Aeriel, Dashon Harvey, Iofemi Hightower Act
Newt Gingrich, National Review While Republicans were focused on the kabuki-theater politics of the Iowa presidential straw poll last week, a tragedy with real implications for the nation’s -and the party’s — future was playing out on the other side of the country. The night of Saturday, August 4, four young, college students were forced [...]
