Archive for April 8th, 2008

Selma Times Journal: Politicians make themselves accessible when campaigning

Dear editor,. The year 2008 will be one that will go down in history; the year where strong possibilities are showing that history will be changed ...

Dallas Morning News: LaBelle to help open black dance troupe’s home

Nelson Mandela, Patti LaBelle and Dallas arts wonder woman Ann Williams. What better lineup for a spectacular black-tie evening heralding another ...

Fresno Bee: MARY SANCHEZ: Complacency: The one benefit of citizenship the U.S. can no longer afford

The words came out of her young mouth as biting, harsh truths. American-born kids, the ones who are legally here, they waste it, the teenager told ...

TVNZ.co.nz: Six plead guilty to Jhia’s shooting

Dramatic developments in the court hearing for the men accused of shooting Wanganui toddler Jhia Te Tua in 2007.. . Twelve men were charged in ...

CBS 4 Minnesota (WCCO): NAACP Wants Probe Of ‘Barbie Bandits’ Case

The head of the Georgia NAACP called for the state to investigate the sentences given in the so-called "Barbie bandits" bank theft case, saying the ...

Richmond Times-Dispatch: NAACP sides with Richmond-area postal workers

The NAACP has asked the FBI to investigate allegations by several U.S. Postal Service employees that they were pressured to hide or discard mail to ...

Detroit News: Minority graduation madness

Odds are, your bracket for the NCAA men's final didn't match up Butler and Western Kentucky. . . But that's the way it would go in an alternate ...

Portales News-Tribune: Racism examples not always as they appear

Complaints are kind of like fruitcake. Everybody seems to give them, but I've never met anybody who likes to receive them.. . I especially hated ...

Akron Beacon Journal: Refunds waiting for claimers

With the tax deadline fast approaching, here's some important news. Families paying for child or dependent care may be entitled to extra money in ...

Yahoo! News: School is the surest path to achieving King's dream

Two things got my attention last week. One was the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. The other was evidence of the worsening ...

Wall Street Journal: Should a Politician Try to Become a Saint?

I very much appreciated Juan Williams's article ("Obama and King," op-ed, April 4) holding Barack Obama's feet to the fire. Sen. Obama showed rare ...

Boston Globe: Coping in the closet

Tonight's installment of Chicks Make Flicks, a series run by Women in Film and Video New England, features the work of Abigail Child, whose ...

Bevel defends against incest charge

This undated photo provided by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office shows James L. Bevel. A civil rights leader who served as a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, April 7, 2008 pleaded not guilty to incest in a Loudoun County courtroom.  Jurors at the incest trial of civil rights leader James Bevel listened to an hour-long recording of a phone call in which he appeared to offer a defense against an incest charge.


TPM Café: How the GOP Ticked Off African-Americans Today

It's April 8, 2008 and it's time for the daily update on the GOP's continuing effort to slap black Americans in the face.. . At a GOP rally for ...

News4Jax.com: ‘Barbie’ Sentencing Too Light, NAACP Says

The head of Georgia's NAACP wants to know why two white women in the so-called "Barbie bandits" case got less prison time than two black ...