WASHINGTON, DC -- March 7 is the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when civil rights activists were attacked by Alabama law enforcement as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma at the beginning of a march to the state capitol. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting on this civil rights milestone that brought increased national attention to the cause of civil rights and in particular helped to secure voting rights protections.
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Exiled tribal leader Benny Wenda came to South Africa on the 16th of February to seek support for self-determination and freedom for his people in West Papua, who are currently suffering under the brutal Indonesian occupation. West Papua is the western half of the second largest island in the world; bordering Papua New Guinea it is home to 250 different tribes and the world’s largest rainforest after the Amazon.
Over 500,000 indigenous people have been slaughtered by the Indonesian military over
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By Raynard Jackson, Columnist Last month, in a clumsy attempt to recognize Black History Month, the influential conservative website Newsmax put out its list of the 100 Most Influential African-American Republicans. To put it mildly, let’s just say that it was about as well received as a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama—a total disaster. The reporter who I assumed put the list together, Theodore Kettle, began with an ominous caveat: “not everyone on the list may |
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~ THE LINKS, INCORPORATED APPLAUDS SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTE
-- Supports Nomination of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch as Attorney General --
Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) – Today, Glenda Newell-Harris, M.D., national president of The Links, Incorporated issued a statement applauding the decision of the Senate Judiciary Committee to favorably send forward to the full Senate its recommendation of U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch for U.S. attorney general.
"We thank the me
In seven years, by 2023, the U.S. will be 40 percent minority, and 50 percent of the entire population will be under 40 years old. These are the demographics that cannot be ignored as progressives move forward building opposition to institutional racism and plutocratic governing.
In my thinking, it is incumbent on today’s activists to take into account what America will look like in ten years, so we will be better positioned to ensure the future will not be governed by deniers of change. In this
Raising Visibility and Diversity Inclusion in San Francisco and Silicon Valley
-- Responding to Intel Corporation Chief Executive Officer Brian Kranich's call to make Silicon Valley "less white and less male," Dr. Raye Mitchell, an award-winning Harvard University philanthropist, founded the new organization — Women Lead Forward — to provide a forum to help advance Women and Girls of Color and drive diversity, inclusion and growth. --
WomenLeadForward.com (WLF) launches as a premiere online res
Loretta Lynch Shouldn’t be Confirmed By Raynard Jackson, Columnist
The United States Senate is bound by law not to confirm Loretta Lynch to be our next Attorney General (AG). Lynch is the current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, which includes Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island. Last November, President Obama nominated her to replace current Attorney General Eric Holder. While her legal background is impressive, that’s not the point. In her recent testimony befor |
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Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani’s vicious attack on President Obama’s patriotism is obviously racially motivated. Obama has spent both terms trying to appease Republicans at the expense of the principles for which he stood as a candidate. But this attack is not political as the president is a lame duck. It is racist. If being president is no safeguard against racism, how is it for ordinary black folk?
Of course these prominent racists like Giuliani are not overt about their racism. Some like
Project 21 Members Call Rumored Federal Lawsuit Against Ferguson Police Department a Misguided Attempt for "Pound of Flesh"
Eric Holder's DOJ Reportedly Plans a Lawsuit Against the Ferguson Police for Racial Discrimination
Any DOJ Lawsuit Would "Ultimately Be a Lawsuit against the Taxpayers"
FERGUSON, MO/WASHINGTON, DC -- With the U.S. Department of Justice rumored to be on the verge of filing a lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department for alleged racial discrimination, members of the Projec
This prompted a subsequent column by a friend of mine, Bill Reed. This is the first time in my life that I have been publically recognized for my work and contributions to the Republican Party; but just as important, Bill is the first person to publically show an intelligent gra |
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Cannabis Science and Raymond C. Dabney Joins the Fight for a Better African Healthcare Infrastructure
Cannabis Science, Inc. (OTCQB: CBIS), a U.S. Company specializing in cannabis formulation-based drug development and related consulting, highlights additional attendees at the CFA African Healthcare Infrastructure Forum and Brainstorm held at the African Union, in Washington DC, on February 6, 2015.
As previously announced, Cannabis Science President & CEO, Raymond C. Dabney was appointed as th
[by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka] “The real Africans that Marshawn refers to are those black people who understand their oppositional relationship to the racist U.S. settler-state.” Obscured by the white noise of the run-up to the Super Bowl, U.S. culture’s 21st century version of the Roman circus, reports began to circulate that despite the massive demonstrations calling for the Federal Department of Justice to render something called “justice” for Mike Brown in the notorious execution |
Jesse Jackson Wrong to Claim U.S. Supreme Court Made Voting Rights Act "Null and Void"
"Resorting to Hyperbole… Unnecessarily Divides People," Says Project 21's Cherylyn Harley LeBon.
Project 21 members are demanding Jackson tell the truth about the Supreme Court's decision in the case
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse Jackson is in Birmingham this weekend, addressing the ongoing need for equal rights.
Reverend Jackson discussed a number of issues during his Saturday night press conference at Birmingham's Bethel Missionary Baptist church, including voting rights and equal opportunity employment. However, a federal ruling allowing same sex couples to marry in Alabama starting this Monday was not on the table for discussion, despite being listed as a
It is now 2015 and we begin the new year by continuing our decades old struggle for freedom and independence from Indonesia. For West Papuans, this is a struggle that began on 1 May, 1963 when the Indonesian Goverment first occupied our homeland, using military force to dominate our people. Fifty odd years later I find myself living a world away in Washington, D.C., seat of power of the influential United States Goverment. Since I arrived in what Americans call “Our Nation’s Capitol”, I feel f
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