February 2009
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SC school district to appeal discrimination ruling
A South Carolina school district says it will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its method of electing school board members discriminates against blacks. The Lexington District 3 school board voted Monday night to ask the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling made earlier this month. The court ruled that the [...]
Bill to End Secret Ballots in Union Organizing Will Cost Blacks Their Jobs, Says Black Chamber of Commerce
Josiah Ryan, CNSNews.com – If a union-boosting bill is passed by Congress later this year, it could cost members of the African American community their jobs, members of a panel hosted by the National Black Chamber of Congress (NBCC) said at the National Press Club on Tuesday. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) or “card [...]
Will Black America Allow Ebony and Jet to Go Out of Business?
William Reed, EURWeb.com – A Black American icon, the Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) is struggling to survive in the modern media landscape. Editorial reorganizations are occurring at Ebony and JET magazines. The question is: Will the changes have any impact among African Americans and their modern-day mindsets? Sacred cow as it is among aging [...]
Burris consultant says blacks must pull together
U.S. Sen. Roland Burris’ media consultant says the black community must stand behind him regardless of personal feelings in order to keep an African-American in President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat. Delmarie Cobb’s suggestion is contained in prepared “talking points” she outlined in a note sent to a member of the Chicago City Council’s Black [...]
Poll: Southern blacks hopeful about future
The majority of Southern blacks believe the country is on the right track, even while rating the national economy as being in very bad shape, according to a Winthrop University/ETV poll released Thursday. The poll shows 90 percent of blacks in 11 Southern states approve of the way President Barack Obama – the nation’s first [...]
