September 2007
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Celebrity Politics On The Record: Magic Johnson Endorses Clinton
Alexis McCombs, Black Enterprise Embedded in a tight battle for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are courting prominent African Americans for fundraising support and influential clout. On the heels of Oprah’s event for Obama that drew over 1500 people to her plush Montecito, CA home, Magic announced he is backing the former [...]
Candidates Voice Outrage on ‘Jena 6′
Alec MacGillis, Washington Post Chalk it up as another comment on racial politics in America, circa 2007: while the leading Republican presidential candidates are skipping a debate held by historically-black Morgan State University, the top Democrats are racing to be show their solidarity for the “Jena 6″ — with the sole black candidate encountering criticism [...]
In Chicago, civic leaders vow to stay focused on ‘Jena 6′
Antonio Olivo, Chicago Tribune Black community leaders in Chicago on Saturday sought to keep the spotlight on the racially charged “Jena 6″ case in Louisiana a day after a state appeals court there threw out a felony conviction against one of the teen defendants. Both Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton pledged to continue [...]
New Polls Show a Mixed Bag for Black Voters
John Boyanoski, SCpols.com Two new polls with very different results show that the black vote in South Carolina is not homogeneous, and no candidate has completely locked up this bloc in the state. A Winthrop University poll of African-Americans in the state show that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., had an almost five-point lead over [...]
S.C. blacks’ political opinions conflicting
Aaron Gould Sheinin, Myrtle Beach Sun News Black South Carolinians are Democrats. But they’re far from liberal. Blacks in South Carolina have nuanced, sometimes seemingly conflicting opinions that reflect, at times, the state’s conservatism, a groundbreaking Winthrop/ETV poll found. For example, according to the poll: Two-thirds say they are Democrats, and four in five plan [...]
