Racial politics return with Cain allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Herman Cain’s rise as a presidential contender was supposed to prove that race didn’t matter in the Republican Party. Cain is fast …
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What we think: The next phase of the struggle
After many years of planning and struggle, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was dedicated on Sunday at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. So …
Obama jobs plan heartens frustrated blacks, wins praise
Associated Press ATLANTA — President Barack Obama’s jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had grown plenty irked with him over what they …
Pace-setting mayor set on becoming Mississippi governor
JACKSON, Miss. — Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor, becoming the first black candidate in modern times to win major-party …
Jesse Jackson: Inner-city economies in crisis
DETROIT (AP) _ The government should address the economic challenges facing America’s inner cities with the same urgency it displays when responding to natural disasters, …
Libya rebels may be killing black workers
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) _ Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries, the chairman of …
New York City program for young men draws praise
(Associated Press) – NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s announcement of a $127 million project to help young black and Latino men …
College teachers get training on black history at Harvard University
(Associated Press) – CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —Every semester, Cheryl Carpenter tries to think of new ways to introduce Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God …
Census finds fewer black children now live in major cities
Associated Press NEW YORK — A catastrophic flood emptied New Orleans of much of its black youth. Powerful social forces may be doing a similar …
Authorities in US to review black man’s hanging
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) _ Authorities are reviewing the case of a black man found hanging dead from a tree after relatives claimed the state’s deputy …