By The Admin on March 30, 2011
San Francisco Bay View
- From March 29th through the 31st, the National Urban League brings its fight for urban jobs to Capitol Hill with its 2011 Legislative Policy Conference. This year’s summit will make the case for targeted action to tackle the persistent unemployment crisis in Black America.
Dozens of Urban League affiliate delegations comprised of [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on March 30, 2011
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
- In 1997, Timothy Pigford and 400 other African American farmers filed suit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for discrimination, Pigford v. Glickman or Pigford I. They alleged that the USDA treated black farmers unfairly when deciding to allocate loans and subsidies. For example, the USDA on average [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on March 30, 2011
First lady Michelle Obama will visit a District of Columbia high school as part of a mentoring initiative in honor of Women’s History Month.
Mrs. Obama is scheduled to speak Wednesday afternoon to students at Ballou High School about pursuing career goals and achieving their potential.
Guest mentors will visit several other area schools to give similar [...]
Posted in White House
By The Admin on March 30, 2011
African American and Hispanic leaders tonight sharply criticized the Obama Administration’s official announcement opposing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a highly successful school voucher initiative serving low-income children in the District of Columbia. The following is a statement from Kevin P. Chavous, the chairman of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, and Julio Fuentes, the [...]
Posted in Education, White House
By The Admin on March 30, 2011
The AFRO
- Census data on city populations made headlines last week. Washington, D.C., apparently, only barely can be described as “chocolate city” since the African-American population is only a scant majority in the city.
According to The Washington Post, even the block on which former mayor Marion Barry cut his teeth, married former wife Effie, and [...]
Posted in National Politics, Race
