The unemployment rate for Blacks fell from 13.7 percent in June to 12.6 percent in July, the lowest jobless rate for Blacks since January 2009, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department.
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Austin, Texas Police Chief Art Acevedo has tried to impress upon the African American community during his tenure it has to be ânever run from a cop with a gun.
Conservative columnist Jeffrey Kuhner, who in the past has accused the President of having âBlack nationalist sympathiesâ and unleashing âclass hatred and racial hostility,â couldnât pass up another opportunity to depict the bi-racial President as a racist.
Black leaders and Democrats, on the other hand, countered that the bill was just another GOP attempt at voter suppression, aimed specifically at the traditional Democratic base â African-Americans, Hispanics, college students, the elderly and the poor.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. has announced that the Justice Department will sue the state of Texas to compel it to preclear any planned changes in its voting procedures before they can go into effect.
National Urban League President Marc H. Morial has called for âa new civil rights movement,â one that will focus on economic empowerment and justice
Glimpses of heaven & a fiery hell at Port Chicago Naval Magazine Memorial
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL) made the following statement after being honored by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) with their âFriend of the National Parksâ Award:
President Obamaâs July 19 remarks on Trayvon Martin The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to take questions, but to speak to…
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