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Dec 18, 2011
Under increasing pressure from civil rights groups to take action against a wave of state voter identification laws, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a public warning Tuesday that the new laws could disenfranchise minority voters, but he stopped short of promising the broad legal crackdown many activists are seeking.
Jun 1, 2010
The Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley News
Washington, DC - The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's (NCBCP) Black Women's Roundtable (BWR) is proud and elated to hear President Obama's announcement today that their 2009 honoree, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has been selected as the next U. S. Surgeon General.
Apr 22, 2010
BlackAmericaWeb.com
By: Denise Stewart, BlackAmericaWeb.com - For Melanie Campbell, Dr. Height helped her move from deputy director to executive director of the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation.
Apr 22, 2010
Clarion Ledger Washington Bureau
By: Deborah Barfield Berry, Clarion Ledger Washington Bureau- In one of her last public appearances, Dorothy Height took center stage with other civil rights activists and community leaders and urged people of color to turn in their census forms.
Jan 12, 2010
USA TODAY
The campaign to get blacks to participate in the 2010 Census has forged an unprecedented bond between two groups that have not traditionally shared common goals: African Americans and black immigrants.
Jul 15, 2009
The Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley News
Washington, DC - The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's (NCBCP) Black Women's Roundtable (BWR) is proud and elated to hear President Obama's announcement today that their 2009 honoree, Dr. Regina Benjamin, has been selected as the next U. S. Surgeon General.
May 29, 2009
Florida Courier
When the subject of the criminal justice system and its impact on the African-American community is discussed, the emphasis is usually placed on males. This is understandable if we focus exclusively on numbers. Black males are victimized, arrested and incarcerated in much greater numbers than Black females.
May 11, 2009
The Final Call Newspaper
Let's tell the truth: We've fallen into forgetfulness and apathy. Though our foreparents risked all that was dear to them to open a way for us, we have relinquished the fundamental Black values that guided their lives. The great benefits that millions of us enjoy today don't come from nothing. They have grown out of a long and glorious legacy of mutual love, faith in God and commitment to the children. These core values traveled with them over the seas and centuries. They emboldened enslaved Africans to get up from servitude, challenge racist practices, stand strong in the face of heinous acts of violence today's Black people will never know.
Apr 8, 2009
Chicago Defender
When the subject of the criminal justice system and its impact on the African-American community is discussed, the emphasis is usually placed on males. This is understandable if we focus exclusively on numbers. Black males are victimized, arrested and incarcerated in much greater numbers than Black females.
Apr 6, 2009
Louisiana Weekly
The term "grassroots" connotes organizing at the local level to improve the spaces and places where ordinary folk live their lives. Throughout time Black women have provided leadership at this level; we now have an opportunity to provide global leadership by resurrecting traditional Black family values to usher in a new era of conservation. Waste, excess, and conspicuous consumption must be replaced with a return to responsible stewardship.
Mar 30, 2009
Insight News
The February 5 announcement by President Barack Obama of the White House Office of Faith Based Initiative and Neighborhood Partnerships offers potential hope for real change, especially for the Black Church.
Mar 11, 2009
The Washington Afro
On January 20, the nation crossed a bridge into a new era, swearing in the first African-American president of the United States.
Despite the excitement and emotion elicited by this historic moment and the progress President Obama has already made, for many Americans the crossing of that bridge is still filled with fear of what lies ahead, as our country struggles through the worst financial crisis of our time, wars in the Middle East and unrest in many parts of the world.
Jan 23, 2009
BlackAmericaWeb.com
The Rev. Joseph Lowery was among the brave contingent of civil rights leaders who, in 1965, successfully marched to Montgomery, Alabama from Selma to demand voting rights for black Americans. And on Tuesday, the fiery 87-year-old minister punctuated the inauguration of President Barack Obama, America’s first black president, with a reminder, in his benediction, that not all wounds from the nation’s racial strife have been healed.
Jun 23, 2008
Wiretap
Time Magazine recently proclaimed 2008 "The Year of the Youth Vote." MTV has been similarly celebrating the unprecedented youth turnout on Super Tuesday with votes (PDF) tripling in five states and nearly quadrupling in Tennessee their 2000 totals. Inspired by what youth voters see as a more grassroots campaign of Sen. Barack Obama and mobilized through dozens of voter engagement groups, voter turnout among youth increased in every state except New York.
Jun 1, 2008
South Florida Times
The nineteenth of June is a time for rejoicing and reflection, for meditation and celebration, for self-assessment and self-improvement.
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