Kellogg Foundation Announces a $3 Million Donation to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on Eve of Black History Month
January 31, 2008
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 of the Memorial Foundation, and Sterling Speirn, President of the WKKF, announced the donation in an audio call with reporters.
“The Kellogg Foundation is making history today with its generous donation towards building a lasting Memorial to Dr. King and the ideals of hope, democracy, justice, and love for which he stood,” said Johnson. “Now is the time for all citizens, corporations, and foundations to make history by visiting www.buildthedream.org and make a contribution of any amount to the Memorial.”
“The W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s gift to the memorial is a tangible expression of WKKF’s belief that the memorial can have a profound impact on society over time, serving as a reminder of the need for racial equity,” said Speirn.
Alabama poll indicates black surge for Obama
January 31, 2008
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 Survey Research Center, the polling arm of the Alabama Education Association. Their latest poll, which includes data through Tuesday night, shows Obama with 68 percent of the vote among likely black voters, up from 54 percent three weeks ago and more than double the 26 percent of likely black voters who said a year ago they would support Obama.
Obama’s hopes will rise or fall with Latino vote
January 31, 2008
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 Latinos in the Nevada caucus, there is a widespread school of thought in the media and in the blogosphere that Latinos will not vote for an African-American presidential candidate because Latinos are prejudiced against blacks.
Women and black voters have their day
January 31, 2008
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 doesn’t mean that one group is racist or the other is sexist, that’s for sure. Often what people support is inextricably related to their social comfort levels. And what often is comfortable is most familiar.
State officials in Iowa deny all allegations of racial discrimination in lawsuit
January 31, 2008
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. The practices identified in the lawsuit were “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”
The lawsuit, filed Oct. 29 in Polk County District Court by civil rights attorney Thomas Newkirk, seeks to represent any black person who has faced state hiring discrimination.
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