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Details: Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson; Published: 22 February 2006

The Last Word

"Every hour sees the Black man elbowed out of employment by some newly arrived…

Details: Written by Margaret Kimberley; Published: 22 February 2006

The Freedom Rider

Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country and become unapologetically…

Details: Written by Marc Morial; Published: 22 February 2006

To Be Equal

All-star NFL player Warren Moon recently became the first African American quarterback to be…

Details: Written by Marian Wright Edelman; Published: 22 February 2006

Child Watch

"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration…

Details: Written by Darryl James; Published: 22 February 2006

Bridging The Gap

It's Black History Month and wherever you are, you should be either studying Black History,…

Details: Written by The Rev. John Garlington; Published: 15 February 2006

Guest View

While watching the Rev. Bernice King eulogized her mother, Coretta Scott King, on television, I was…

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 February 2006

Tell the truth

Tell the truthI would like to respond to the letter from Bryce Harrington of Tigard that appeared…

Details: Written by Marc Morial; Published: 15 February 2006

To Be Equal

Just last week, America honored, eulogized and laid to rest Coretta Scott King. In death as in…

Details: Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson; Published: 15 February 2006

The Last Word

A few months before the 2004 presidential election, Project 21, a Washington, D.C.-based group of…

Details: Written by The Rev. Byron Williams; Published: 15 February 2006

The Pastor's Point

If Republicans during the Clinton administration were frustrated by the former president's…

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