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BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced today a $3 million donation to the Washington, DC, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. The WKKF gift signifies the largest private foundation contribution for the four-acre Memorial which will be built on the National Mall.
Martin Luther King, III, Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President and CEO [...]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not that long ago in Alabama, there was a lot of talk about black voters being split between Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.
Now blacks appear to be less divided about whom they support in Tuesday’s state Democratic primary.
Potential black voters have surged to Obama’s side, according to a poll by Capital [...]
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2-1 win over Sen. Barack Obama among Hispanics in Florida’s primary is raising new questions over whether Obama will be able to win the crucial Latino vote in next week’s Super Tuesday primaries across the nation.
Following the outcome of the Florida primary and a similar 2-1 Clinton win among [...]
Rhonda B. Graham, The News Journal
What does it mean when black voters say they are voting for Sen. Barack Obama because of his race?
For that matter, what can be divined when scores of women emote over Sen. Hillary Clinton’s closeness to the Oval Office, citing her gender as their primary reason for casting a vote?
It [...]
JENNIFER JACOBS, Des Moines Register
State officials have denied all the allegations of racial discrimination in a lawsuit that alleges bias in the state’s hiring practices.
In the court documents received by the plaintiff’s attorneys Wednesday, state officials say the workers failed to demonstrate that the state uses “a particular practice” that causes discrimination based on race. [...]
