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President Obama Reaches Out to his Base – the Black Community

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Obama appears on Tom Joyner radio show, tries to reassure African American listeners By Peter Wallsten – Under fire from some black lawmakers for not directly addressing rising unemployment in their communities, President Obama appeared Tuesday morning on a popular African-American-oriented radio show to assure listeners that he understands their concerns. Obama reflected on the […]
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National Urban League Brings Empowerment Summit to Atlanta

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Marc H. Morial – “It is troubling that unemployment is so high…and that we are so caught up in details of deficits and debt ceilings that we question whether government has any moral duty to serve the poor, help feed the hungry and assist the sick.” U.S. Representative and civil rights legend, John Lewis of […]
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Music World Gospel Recording Artist Le’Andria Johnson’s Debut CD, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson in Stores September 6

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Houston, TX – Music World Gospel recording artist Le’Andria Johnson will release her debut album, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson, on September 6, 2011. The CD is produced by GRAMMY® Award winner Chuck Harmony (Rihanna, Fantasia, Chrisette Michele). The songs on the CD showcase Le’Andria’s unique combination of power, skill and reverence, which made her […]
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The Banks Are The Real Bank Robbers

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By Lucius Gantt (The Gantt Report) – Who is, or should be, known as the greatest robber? Is it Robin Hood or Ali Baba? Could it be Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse and Frank James? Maybe you’d say it was John Dillinger or Baby Face Nelson. I say the greatest bank robbers are United States bankers […]
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On Women’s Equality Day… #HERvotes blog carnival

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By Shark-fu – In 1971 Congress designated August 26th “Women’s Equality Day” at the behest of the late Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY). Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1920 that granted women the right to vote. I’m pondering how much has changed and how much has remains […]
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Foundation Announces Changes to MLK Memorial Dedication Day Plans

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Washington, DC – Harry E. Johnson, Sr. president and CEO of the Washington DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. released the following statement about Dedication Day. ” In consultation with the National Park Service, the Mayor’s office and FEMA, it is with a heavy heart and enormous disappointment that we announce […]
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Women’s Equality Day – What the heck do I tell my daughter? – #HERvotes Blog Carnival

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By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner – Today is Women’s Equality Day. At the center of my mind is: What the heck do I tell my daughter? How do I tell my daughter about the fact that despite many gains made for women’s (and mothers’) equality, women still don’t earn equal pay for equal work? Women now make, […]
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Patent Attorney Curtis Edmonson to Argue Precedent Setting Case for Cannabis Activist to Change his Name to NJWeedman.com

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Los Angeles – On August 26, 2011, nationally known patent attorney Curtis Edmonson of Beaverton, Oregon will argue a momentous case (Trial Court Case: LS020013 / Court of Appeal Case: B227341) in the California Appellate Court on behalf of the equally well known activist, Ed Forchion aka NJWeedman.COM. The parameters of this case just might […]
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Alpha Phi Alpha Brother Brings Dream of King Memorial to Life

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Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #34) – On August 28th, the forty-eighth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will become the first on the National Mall in Washington, DC to honor a person of color, a non-president […]
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