today in black history

In 1896, U.S. Supreme Court upholds Plessy v. Ferguson, beginning Jim Crow or de jure segregation and ending Reconstruction.

Smithsonian

July 14, 2009

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
- Justice for the Central Park Five
  NorthStar Network Editorial from October 2002
- DC Voting Rights
  A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
- Hate American Style
  Violence in Iraq is eerily similar to what Blacks experienced in the era of Jim Crow
- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
organizations
- African Development Institute Inc.
  Lee Cassanelli: Director
- African Environmental Research Consulting Group (AERCG)
  Dr. Peter A. Sam, Chairman/CEO
documents
- Black Elected Officials, 1999
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black elected officials in 1999
- Urban and Suburban Members of Congress
  Members of the U.S. House of Representatives representing urban and suburban districts
- CBC Newsletter, April 1975
  The April 1975 newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus
- HBCU Recruitment Study
  The association representing public Black colleges examines campus recruitment
- African American Males and Criminal Justice, 1990
  The Sentencing Project explores the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Black males