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The BlackPoor

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As founder and president of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Robert Woodson is considered by some to be the godfather of the movement to empower neighborhood-based organizations.   Woodson discusses th...

Does the Davis-Bacon Act Cause Black Unemployment?

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The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law that costs taxpayers $1 billion annually in inflated construction costs and more than $100 million in administrative costs. This law, says the Institute For Justice, was created wi...

Why Blacks In Hollywood Help Themselves?

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Discussion on why Blacks in Hollywood don't help themselves to become more prevalent in movies. (1219)

Illegal Immigration and Economic Facts

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Dr. William Spriggs, Chair of the Department of Economics at Howard University discusses his paper entitled “Immigration and Equity: A Dialogue to Help Shape the Issues of this Important Challenge.”   (2920)

Walk To Freedom

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June 23, 1963, in Detroit’s Cobo Hall, I intensely listened to Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, for what many historians claim was the first time.  Dr. King was in Detroit for the “...

One Woman’s Solution to HIV/AIDS

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Approximately 8,500 people die daily from AIDS and no medical or technological magic bullet is on the horizon.  Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, co-director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of...

Western Roots

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OK, you history buffs, get out pen and paper and let’s take a history quiz. (1) What state was proposed in 1890 as the state for Blacks and Indians with a Black governor? (2) The intermarriage between Blacks and India...

The MLK Dream You Can See

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The legacy of civil rights activist Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is indelibly etched in the fabric of American history. Harry Johnson, president of the Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Pro...

There Was A Time

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Ralph Cooper, founder of the Original Harlem Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater, was an icon of the Apollo legacy for decades.  This long tradition ended at his death on August 4, 1992.  During his long career, Ralph...