by Jeremy Pelofsky (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday blocked a new South Carolina law that requires voters to have photo identification because of concerns it would hurt minorities’ ability to cast a ballot. Republican Gov. Nikki Haley in May signed into law a measure that says voters must show a driver’s license, passport […]
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AG Holder says US election systems must be free of discrimination, attempts at political gain
By Associated Press — Attorney General Eric Holder vowed Tuesday to fully enforce civil rights protections in next year’s elections amid a flurry of activity by states to redraw political boundaries and impose requirements that could reduce voting by minorities who enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in the 2008 election. … Currently, the Justice Department is […]
The persistent “post-racial” fallacy
(By David Sirota, Salon.com).In the annals of contemporary American history, the power of white denialism and the “post-racial” fallacy is not to be underestimated. As race scholar Tim Wise has recounted, in the early 1960s, most white Americans told Gallup pollsters that African-Americans had equal economic and educational opportunities to get ahead. Those were the […]
Dr. Joseph Lowery Supports Occupy Atlanta and Calls for Moratorium on Foreclosures – VIDEO
Clyde Bradley – Civil Rights pioneer and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery spoke from the Fulton County Courthouse steps today, calling for a six to nine-month moratorium on foreclosures and for property values to be assessed in order to bring all mortgages above water. Lowery said, “We are here today because […]
BET Networks Talks with Herman Cain About Black America in A Half-hour News Documentary
New York, NY – BET Networks brings to air a deeper characterization of one the most controversial black political figures in contemporary America in an exclusive one-on-one interview special “The Curious Case of Citizen Cain” premiering on Thursday, December 8 at 9 PM ET/PT. Cain talks in-depth for the first time to the black audience […]
White House Makes its Case to Black Voters
by Joseph Williams (Politico.com) – Stung by summertime allegations that they neglected their bedrock African-American constituency, the White House and President Barack Obama’s reelection team have cranked up their outreach to black voters, selling the president’s first-term achievements as accomplishments that will pay long-term dividends for the black community. Top administration aides and Cabinet officials […]
Among Minorities, a New Wave of ‘Disconnected Youth’
By Lauren Weber, WSJ.com – Men and women in their late teens and early 20s are struggling, but some are especially hard hit. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures, the unemployment rate last year among high-school dropouts between ages 16 and 24 was 29%—up from 17.7% in 2000 and seven points higher than that of […]
Gospel Great Vickie Winans To Grace 2011 WOW Women International Conference
Chicago – Darlyn C. Turner, the First Lady of Liberty Temple Full Gospel Church and the World Outreach Ministries Network and Vice President of Clifford E. Turner Ministries, takes her mission seriously. As the founder of WOW Women International and host of their annual W.O.W. Conference, she has been instrumental in bringing a powerful message […]
Vivica Fox and Demetria McKinney Inspire Young Women at Black Women’s Roundtable Empowerment Tour
Women’s rights leader, Rita Jackson Samuels, and Riverdale Mayor, Dr. Evelyn Wynn Dixon, were honored as champions for women’s equality Atlanta, GA – After honoring women’s rights leader, Rita Jackson Samuels, and Riverdale Mayor, Dr. Evelyn Wynn Dixon, actress/singer, Demetria McKinney, and actress/producer/businesswoman, Vivica A. Fox shared inspirational stories about overcoming obstacles like single parenthood […]