today in black history

Winston Salem State University basketball coaching legend Clarence "Big House" Gaines (Morgan State '45) was born in 1924.

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
documents
- Black Elected Officials, 1999
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black elected officials in 1999
- National Opinion Poll, 2004
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at Black political opinions in 2004
- Unlocking America
  A report exploring the social cost of mass incarceration to the nation
- Committees, 110th Congress
  Committee directory for the 110th Congress
- The Patriot Act
  The Patriot Act and its impact on civil liberties in the United States