Mostly black New Orleans could pick white mayor
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ black political base is one more victim of Hurricane Katrina. The storm decimated once-thriving black, middle-class neighborhoods, undercutting efforts …
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Black advocates want more help for the unemployed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen …
Tiger’s troubles widen his distance from blacks
Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods’ troubles _ the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses _ little attention …
Slim win for mayor shows battered black electorate
ATLANTA (AP) _ When the final votes are counted, it’s likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta’s City Hall _ and kept it that …
Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Megan Williams’ shocking accusations initially strained the imagination: Seven white people beat her with sticks, forced her to eat feces, raped …
Nation’s pupils find few black men to call Mister
CHEYNEY, Pa. (AP) _ Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him _ an African-American male. Gregory Georges …
Harvard professor, arresting policeman to talk again
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion …
Analysis: Gates arrest a signpost on racial road
It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America’s most prominent black intellectuals …
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: The Harvard Bogeyman
First, it was voting while black. Then, it was driving while black. Now, it’s being at home while black. What’s next? Breathing while black??
Charges dropped against prominent Harvard professor
BOSTON – Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped disorderly-conduct charges against prominent African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. after he was arrested on Thursday while trying to …