today in black history

April 25, 2024

Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald, the "First Lady of Song," was born on this date in 1918 in Newport News, Virginia.

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McCain and Obama on Ayers and Acorn

POSTED: November 01, 2008, 9:45 am

Senator Obama responds to charges concerning William Ayers and ACORN during the last debate.

Related References

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
documents
- Black Democrats Set to Meet on Hill
  A NorthStar Network news report on the 2003 Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference
- Black Elected Officials, 2000
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black elected officials in 2000
- National Opinion Poll, 1999
  One of the foremost Black think tanks releases its annual survey of Black political opinion for 1999
- Economic Empowerment Fact Sheet, 2007
  Nation's oldest civil rights organization looks at economic empowerment issues in the Black community in 2007
- CBC Newsletter, May 1975
  The May 1975 newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus

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