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member name: National Black Justice Coalition Washington DC
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January 17, 2007 05:48 PM EST --
What would Martin say?
By Meredith Moise
Associate Director of Religious Affairs
www.nbjc.org
On Monday, January 15th, many of us got the day off of work in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King. . . .
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January 02, 2007 12:02 PM EST --
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- In an op-ed published in Tuesday's New York Times, John M. Shalikashvili, retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says Congress should give "serious reconsideration" . . .
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January 18, 2007 05:29 PM EST --
As background:
Charles Knipp is a white man who performs racially offensive material in drag and blackface. He describes his character Shirley Q. Liquor as an “inarticulate black . . .
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January 10, 2007 12:07 PM EST --
Media Advisory:
Family and friends of Lee Person better known throughout the community as "Diamond", joined by members of the local and national transgender community, will gather for a candlelight . . .
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January 19, 2007 10:14 AM EST --
Read this article at http://innewsweekly.com/innews/?class_code=Op&article_code=3304
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Black gay Cambridge mayor hunted by local press
by Rev. Irene Monroe
January . . .
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March 21, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
A recent Associated Press story sheds light upon what some are calling a "cult" or even "racist' like church that Barack Obama has been faithfully a member of for twenty years. The church . . .
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January 16, 2007 06:06 PM EST --
by: H. Alexander Robinson,
NBJC Executive Director/CEO
As noted here last week, Rev. Walter Fauntroy was to be the keynote speaker in an Oregon MLK Day Celebration. In an apparent response . . .
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January 25, 2007 10:10 AM EST --
Article written by:
PERRY BACON JR./WASHINGTON
Published: Jan. 23, 2007 at http://www.time.com/
There is no doubt that Barack Obama can appeal to white audiences -witness . . .
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November 14, 2006 10:53 AM EST --
I have often wondered why Black Churches are so eager to get on the gay hating bandwagon. Now, I am not talking about the few affirming and true Christian Black churches who welcome all people, including . . .
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November 27, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
Reprinted from USATODAY.com
NEW YORK (AP) — A crowd angrily called on police Sunday to explain why authorities fatally shot a 23-year-old man on the day of his wedding, and some called for the . . .
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January 10, 2007 11:35 AM EST --
Long Overdue Focus on Black Men Living with HIV
Despite the fact that for years now we have understood that black men, especially black men who have sex with men, are disproportionately affected . . .
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January 31, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
Reported by: AP
NEW ORLEANS (Jan. 30) - Standing on the front steps of one of New Orleans' most troubled schools, Bill Cosby said the education and well-being of the city's children are not . . .
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December 06, 2006 11:55 AM EST --
Meredith Moise
Associate Director of Religious Affairs
As I sat in the MD Court of Appeals on Monday listening to arguments for and against same sex marriage in the state, I was struck by the civility . . .
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January 02, 2007 01:11 PM EST --
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By Keith Boykin, www.keithboykin.com
Tuesday, January 2 2007, 1:31AM
Six black men were shot at a gay house party in Chicago during the New Year's Eve weekend. Police said the shooting at . . .
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January 04, 2007 12:00 PM EST --
by: H. Alexander Robinson
NBJC Executive Director/CEO
The decision by the first Muslim elected to Congress to use a Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson when he takes his oath of office to make . . .
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January 29, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
by Nekima Levy-Pounds
Published: http://www.blackpressusa.com
MINNEAPOLIS (NNPA) -- In spite of Minnesota's low incarceration rate, African-Americans in general and African-American women in particular, . . .
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November 02, 2006 01:22 PM EST --
Originally published by the Daily Press
Is Gay Marriage Like Civil Rights?
By Hugh Lessig
Thursday 11.02.06
Debate on a proposed Virginia amendment strikes a chord in the black community.
RICHMOND—One . . .
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November 15, 2006 12:51 PM EST --
"We can no longer be misused by some in the Christian right that will not deal with the broader issue of injustice and fairness and inequity in our society."
Reverend Al Sharpton
by J.C. Phillips . . .
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October 20, 2006 03:01 PM EDT --
"We Are Here," an exhibit of photographic images of African-American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Chicagoans by Richard Lee Gray opened at 12 noon on Friday, October 6, in the Community . . .
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October 25, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
Saundra Toby-Heath and Alicia Heath-Toby may be heading to the chapel soon. The black lesbian couple we met three years ago will be beneficiaries of New Jersey's historic Supreme Court decision today . . .
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