Archive for April 24th, 2008
Comments on this Sunday's scheduled keynote speaker to the Detroit NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former minister to ...
The Record: Aaron: NAACP has achieved much, but what about the future?
I came away with sadness that the many battles for equality Bergen County's NAACP had a role in are a distant memory.. . A REPORTER looking at ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Duquesne students tackle civil rights cases
Civil rights complaints to the NAACP are now part of the case load of a new Duquesne University law school clinic.. . The arrangement is "a ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Speakers tell writers how to get published
The 12th Memphis Black Writers Conference & Southern Film Festival continues today and Saturday in three meeting rooms at the Memphis Cook ...
Richmond Times-Dispatch: CNN tapes footage at Hampton University
Messages of hope, empowerment, frustration and struggle took over a graffiti wall at Hampton University as students answered a question posed by ...
The MetroWest Daily News: Suspicious statistics
I really have to question the editorial standards that allow the sort of smear one finds in Rob Meltzer's "Political guilt by association" into the ...
Athens Banner Herald: Allegations of mayoral racism are wrong
If the OneAthens anti-poverty initiative comes off the rails - and it is to be fervently hoped that it does not - this community will look back on ...
American Spectator: This Race Business
Roger Simon wrote a column Tuesday in the Politico that caused quite a stir. Quoting an unnamed Republican, Simon suggested that Sen. John McCain's ...
Florida Times-Union: His life was filled with serving others
Charles E. Simmons Jr. - insurance executive, community leader and the first African-American to hold a Jacksonville elected position since ...
Playbill: Thoms and Pinkins Begin L.A. Run of And Her Hair Went With Her April 25
Tracie Thoms, of the film "Rent" and TV's "Cold Case," and Tony Award winner Tonya Pinkins, of Jelly's Last Jam, star in The Fountain Theatre's ...
Herald-Dispatch: Meet the Candidates event set for today
Residents will have an opportunity to meet area candidates during a special event from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., today at the A.D. Lewis Community Center ...
NBC 13 Indianapolis (WTHR): Indianapolis Star-WTHR 13 Poll results
This poll was commissioned by WTHR-TV and The Indianapolis Star. Selzer & Company conducted the poll of 500 Hoosiers statewide and 534 likely ...
FOX 5 Washington (WTTG): District Heights Mayor Arrested by DC Undercover Police
D.C. police say the mayor of District Heights has been charged with propositioning an undercover officer posing as a prostitute.. Police say ...
ArkansasMatters.com: New Breast Cancer Rates
Many women stopped taking Hormone Replacement Therapy, back in 2002, when research showed it may increase the risk for breast cancer. A new study ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Bill Cosby joins Fulton judge in message to black youths
When Fulton Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington got mad, an icon listened.. . On Thursday night, Bill Cosby welcomed the latest disciple to his ...
