today in black history

Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first hospital controlled by Blacks, opened in 1891 on the city's south side.

Smithsonian

July 14, 2009

books
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2008
  Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
media
- 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
- White House Seeks to Muzzle Foreign Press
  Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
- Black Politicians in New Jersey Reach New Low
  NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
organizations
documents
- African American Males and Criminal Justice, 1990
  The Sentencing Project explores the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on Black males
- State of the Union Response, 1974
  The Congressional Black caucus responds to President Nixon's State of the Union Address.
- Blacks and the Economy
  A snapshot of Black Americans and the economy
- Black Male Students at U.S. Universities
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black male students
- National Opinion Poll, 1999
  One of the foremost Black think tanks releases its annual survey of Black political opinion for 1999