By The Admin on August 30, 2010
Chuck Hobbs, Esquire
- The New York Times cyber headline “Beck and Sharpton hold parallel rallies” perhaps says it best. 47 years to the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his vision of an America where race matters less than character, two men, both self anointed heirs to his legacy and that vision, [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues, Race | Tagged Al Sharpton, Glenn Beck, Martin Luther King Jr.
By The Admin on August 10, 2010
Chuck Hobbs, Esq.
- What constitutes a black leader?
You may have missed it, but the July 25th edition of Newsweek has Al Sharpton on its cover and in a four page feature article on his “reinvention” from a much maligned fringe to a mainstream “black” political leader.
Indeed, during the 20 years since he thrust himself into [...]
Posted in National Politics, Policy & Issues, Race | Tagged Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, black leadership, Kendrick Meek
By The Admin on July 14, 2010
The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are trying to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement.
Jackson deflected the issue Wednesday during the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Sharpton suggested people should be asking if the tea party is “trying to [...]
Posted in Featured, Policy & Issues, Race | Tagged Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, NAACP
By The Admin on July 14, 2010
CNN
- George Steinbrenner was a “cracker who made a lot of African-American millionaires,” conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Tuesday of the New York Yankees owner who died earlier in the day from a heart attack.
“He fired a bunch of white guys as managers left and right,” Limbaugh said.
The comments prompted civil rights activist Rev. [...]
Posted in Media, Race | Tagged Al Sharpton, George Steinbrenner, Rush Limbaugh