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September 21, 2021

Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanist and the first President of Ghana, was born in 1909 in what was then the Gold Coast (Ghana).

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Black Caucus Addresses Foreclosure Crisis

POSTED: March 16, 2009, 5:30 am

The Congressional Black Caucus will hold a Special Order on the mortgage foreclosure crisis on the floor of the House of Representatives tonight at 7:30 p.m. A Special Order is a block of time reserved for Members to address specific issues on the House floor. The Special Order will be led by Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH). You can check C-SPAN to see coverage of the proceeding.

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- Memo on Poverty, 1964
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- 2006 Annual Jobs Report
- Declining Employment Among Young Black Men
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- Are They Ready to Work?
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- African Americans and Subprime Lending
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