By The Admin on July 22, 2010
Is black racism a real problem? Or is it pure politics?
Shirley Sherrod was dismissed from her Agriculture Department job because remarks she made almost a quarter century ago about her dealings with a white farmer were perceived as racist. She was offered her job back Wednesday because a full viewing of that speech showed it [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections, Federal Government, National Politics, Race, White House
By The Admin on July 11, 2010
Washington Post
- Curtis Adams, who owns Curtis A’s barbershop here and who is also the establishment’s senior political analyst, is a close observer of President Obama. This is something of a full-time job itself at Curtis A’s, a gathering place in a black neighborhood five miles from downtown. All day every day, men (and occasionally [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections, 2010 Elections, White House | Tagged Barack Obama, recession
By The Admin on May 13, 2010
Carol Morello, Washington Post
- A sharp rise in African American voting rates in the 2008 presidential election was largely a Southern phenomenon, according to a Census analysis of voting patterns released Wednesday.
The South was the only region in the country where the voting rate among blacks increased sizably from the 2004 election, from 59 percent [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections, Race
By The Admin on July 21, 2009
MARY McGUIRT, ABC News
- In the historic 2008 presidential election, blacks had the highest turnout among voters aged 18-24, something that has never before occurred in our nation’s history, data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau showed.
According to the new data, nearly 131 million people reported voting in November’s election, an increase of [...]
Posted in 2008 Elections
By The Admin on July 20, 2009
Five million more U.S. residents voted in the 2008 U.S. presidential election than did so in 2004, led by minorities and young voters, the U.S. officials say.
About 131 million people reported voting last November, up from the 126 million who went to the polls in the previous presidential election, U.S. Census Bureau numbers indicated. The [...]
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