today in black history

May 05, 2023

On this date in 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks became the first Black to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

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McCain and Obama on Ayers and Acorn

POSTED: November 01, 2008, 9:45 am

Senator Obama responds to charges concerning William Ayers and ACORN during the last debate.

Related References

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
- State of the Union Response, 1974
  The Congressional Black caucus responds to President Nixon's State of the Union Address.
- Mayoral Policy Caucus on Prisoner Reentry
  City of Chicago launches felon reentry initiative
- African Americans and Home Ownership Brief
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at home ownership among Blacks in the United States
- Black Elected Officials, 2000
  One of the foremost Black think tanks looks at the status of Black elected officials in 2000
- National Opinion Poll, 1999
  One of the foremost Black think tanks releases its annual survey of Black political opinion for 1999

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