By The Admin on October 16, 2009
Tyler Lewis, civilrights.org
- Sen. Dick Durbin, D. Ill., introduced legislation today that would eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, a disparity that has been widely considered to have a discriminatory effect on African Americans and low-income people.
Under current law, defendants convicted for possessing just five grams of crack cocaine – less than [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on October 16, 2009
Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr., The Grio
- One of the phenomenal developments that occurred after the emancipation of African slaves in America was the movement to secure education among the freed slaves. The widespread prohibition of formal learning during slavery resulted in the need for massive education for those who had become free. Not only [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on October 16, 2009
Fresh off a fundraiser in San Francisco, President Barack Obama heads to Houston to promote community service.
The president speaks Friday afternoon at a Points of Light forum on public service at Texas A&M University at an event hosted by former President George H.W. Bush.
The event honors the 20th anniversary of Bush’s volunteer service movement, first [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on October 16, 2009
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture planned for the National Mall in Washington.
The grant announced Thursday will support the capital campaign for design and construction of the new museum.
Foundation President Allan Golston says the museum will make the stories and [...]
Posted in Outside of the Political Realm
By The Admin on October 16, 2009
Frances Rice
- Fear is as effective in enslaving us as iron shackles. One more nail was hammered deeply into America’s freedom coffin when a group of private sector entrepreneurs were intimidated by race hustlers into ousting talk show host Rush Limbaugh from the consortium formed to buy the St. Louis Rams.
Armed with nothing more [...]
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