By The Admin on February 24, 2011
CNN
- “I’m going to appoint Thurgood Marshall to the (Supreme) Court.”
This monumental, unexpected bombshell from President Lyndon Johnson — spoken in private in the summer of 1965 — set in motion a history-making drama, revealed for the first time in newly public audio tapes.
In secret recordings and transcripts made exclusive to CNN, Johnson laid out [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Supreme Court, White House
By The Admin on February 24, 2011
New York 1
- Preaching in Albany on Sunday, Reverend Al Sharpton called lawmakers to task, challenging them to remember why and how they got to where they are.
“Hang up Dr. King’s picture in your office. Hang up Malcolm’s picture in your office and don’t do what either one of them told you. You ought to [...]
Posted in New York
By The Admin on February 23, 2011
CNN
- A billboard has sparked controversy in New York after an anti-abortion group erected a sign focused exclusively on African-American abortion rates.
The sign — which was paid for by an organization called Life Always — reads: “The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb.”
The billboard — located roughly a half mile from [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues
By The Admin on February 23, 2011
A proposed kidney transplant that won two Mississippi sisters their freedom from prison can’t take place until one quits smoking and they lose a combined 160 pounds.
Jamie and Gladys Scott had served nearly 16 years of their life sentences for an armed robbery when they were released from a sprawling prison in central Mississippi on [...]
Posted in Mississippi
By The Admin on February 23, 2011
ABC 7 News
- Much of Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s support came from Chicago’s predominately black wards even though Carol Mosely Braun was considered the community’s consensus candidate.
Emanuel won 40 of the city’s 50 wards while Gery Chico picked up the remaining ten. Braun finished a distant fourth in Tuesday’s election, which was a disappointment to many [...]
Posted in Illinois, Race
