By The Admin on June 28, 2011
NPR
- On the surface, it might appear that many black women have achieved the American dream; they’re excelling in politics, business, media and academia.
But Sophia Nelson, a political commentator and author of Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama, says that despite these women’s having achieved a level [...]
Posted in Media, Race
By The Admin on June 28, 2011
Washington Informer
- A U.S. Census report reveals that since its last count 10 years ago, a growing number of blacks have migrated from major cities in the North in favor of locations in the South.
A prime example has been New York City, where the New York Times (NYT) reported recently that about 17 percent of [...]
Posted in National Politics, Policy & Issues, Race
By The Admin on June 28, 2011
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- In Deborah Brown’s family lore, the American South was a place of whites-only water fountains and lynchings under cover of darkness. It was a place that black people like her mother had fled.
But for Brown, 59, a retired civil servant from Queens, the South now promises salvation.
Three generations of her family — [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Policy & Issues
By The Admin on June 23, 2011
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, today expressed his support and approval of the continued gains in diversity made at the United States Coast Guard Academy.
As Subcommittee Chairman, Cummings convened a series of hearings [...]
Posted in Congress, Education, Military
By The Admin on June 23, 2011
Huffington Post
- The current economic slump many African-American niche industries face is evident as Black-on-Black Love, Black Pride, Black History Month, and Black media — all traditions, slogans, feel good celebrations, and niche industries in the African-American community, are gradually going the way of affirmative action — to the bone yard.
But why?
Post-race progress, where race [...]
Posted in Money & Finance, Race
