Shirley Chisholm 1972 Candidate for President

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Mayor Shirley Franklin: “Invest or die”

MayorTV is a challenge from America’s Mayors to 2008 candidates: start talking about cities! MayorTV asked Mayor Franklin what she thought a national agenda for cities should look like. “Infrastructure isn’t sexy.” So says Mayor Shirley Franklin of Atlanta. In her far-ranging MayorTV interview, she was the first to admit that aquaducts, sewage facilities and desalination plants don’t exactly grab headlines. That is, until the worst drought in 100 years hit the Southeast. With reports that
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African American Politics and Race History in America

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North Carolina NAACP Challenges State’s Voter Suppression Law in Federal Court

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What’s on Your Mind – Kaye Dee & Motor Mouth

BB King has died. He wasn’t my all-time favorite Bluesman, but he was an exquisite musician and he influencedeveryone.
The moment we heard that Riley B. King — known universally both as “BB” and as the King of the Blues — had breathed his last, we invited ourselves to a very private memorial service. Our own. The King is dead, long live the Blues he was so crucial to shaping over his veryRead more…

African American Mayors Conference of Black Mayors

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Jerry L Midgette First African-American To Lead New Jersey State Election Officials

289 schools had at least one team on the list, which represents an increase of…
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Bridge to Black Power: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

New York Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., chairman of the powerful House Education and Labor Committee, addressing a news conference, Washington, D. C., July 26, 1966. (I’ve added video of Black Power advocate Kwame Ture, then known as Stokely Carmichael. In it, Dr. Powell refers to Charles Sumner Stone, his chief assistant.)
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\’\’Vote for the black guy\’

Meet Nkweto Nkamba, the controversial Adelaide council election candidate causing a stir with his colourful campaign slogan.Read more…

Arise America: Black Voter Turnout in Mid-Term Elections

Arise America sat down with Darryl Pinckney, author of “Blackballed: The Black Vote and US Democracy,” to discuss black voter turnout in the 2014 mid-term election and address the question “Should black voters keep their faith in Obama?”Read more…