By The Admin on September 27, 2011
Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
- Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy recently penned an Op Ed entitled Why Obama’s Black Critics are Wrong. He contends that President Obama’s African American critics have focused on his “racial bona fides” and, “Throughout President Barack Obama’s political career, he has been dogged by… accusations that he is [...]
Posted in BPOTW Guest Submissions, Policy & Issues, White House
By The Admin on September 27, 2011
President Obama just got a little carried away. At least, that’s how members of the Congressional Black Caucus are explaining Obama’s remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Dinner on Saturday night.
Obama ended his rousing speech by calling on his audience to “take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes” and press [...]
Posted in Congress, White House
By The Admin on September 26, 2011
Businessman Herman Cain says his victory in the Florida Republican straw poll was authentic and wasn’t a statement by voters against Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Cain tells NBC’s “Today” show the weekend test balloting was “not a protest vote.”
Cain says his performance shows “the voice of the people is more powerful than the voice of the [...]
Posted in 2012 Elections, Florida, Party Politics
By The Admin on September 26, 2011
When the country’s first broadcast network focused on African-Americans launches at noon Monday, it will do it not with new, original shows, but with “The Wiz,” Sidney Lumet’s 33-year-old “Wizard of Oz” update featuring Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and Nipsey Russell.
The choice offers a hint at the largely safe, comforting approach of the new network, [...]
Posted in Media
By The Admin on September 26, 2011
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans, committed to bringing African-American men back into the church.
NBCI, in partnership with major black religious leaders and denominations nationwide, believes that African-American men have no where to go but back to church, and on [...]
Posted in Race
