By The Admin on April 22, 2010
Georgia’s Democratic labor commissioner is running to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson in this fall’s election.
Michael Thurmond is one of the most prominent black Democrats in a state that has increasingly voted Republican in recent years. He announced his campaign Wednesday.
Thurmond’s primary opponent in July is a former county employee who has never held [...]
Posted in 2010 Elections, Featured, Georgia
By The Admin on April 22, 2010
AIXA VELEZ, NBC Chicago
- A Gary, Indiana native will make history next month as the first black valedictorian from the University of Notre Dame.
Katie Washington, 21, is a biology major and minor in Catholic social teaching with a 4.0 GPA.
“I am humbled,” said Washington to the Northwest Indiana Times. “I am in a mode of [...]
Posted in Education
By The Admin on April 20, 2010
Lola Adesioye, Huffington Post
- Dr. Dorothy Height, the matriarch of the civil rights movement, died today at the age of 98. Dr. Height stood with Dr Martin Luther King during his “I have a dream speech” and worked tirelessly as an activist until her last days.
Her contribution was invaluable in the shaping of black America [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By The Admin on April 20, 2010
Statement released Tuesday morning by the President on the passing of Dr. Dorothy Height:
“Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dorothy Height – the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement and a hero to so many Americans. Ever since she was denied entrance to college because the incoming class had [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on April 20, 2010
Dorothy Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 98.
Height, who continued actively speaking out into her 90s, had been at Howard University Hospital for some time.
As a teenager, Height marched in New York’s Times Square [...]
Posted in Featured, Policy & Issues
