Heavyweight boxing champion and American hero, Joe Louis Barrow, the "Brown Bomber," was born in 1914 in Lafayette, Alabama.
POSTED: May 14, 2009, 6:56 pm
A rundown of the top stories impacting Black America for May 14, 2009.
Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data
A NorthStar Network news report on voting rights in the nation's capital
Violence in Iraq is eerily similar to what Blacks experienced in the era of Jim Crow
Bush White House seeks to silence foreign press over criticism of Iraq War
A NorthStar Network news report on President Bush's speech on Iraq
NorthStar Network Editorial 2003
One of the foremost Black think tanks releases its annual survey of Black political opinion for 1999
One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black elected officials in 1998
Nation's oldest civil rights organization looks at economic empowerment issues in the Black community in 2007
The May 1975 newsletter of the Congressional Black Caucus
A look at the potential in redirecting criminal justice dollars to communities bearing the burden of mass incarceration
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