New Lows At High Noon
In the classic Stanley Kramer film “High Noon”, the Marshall played by Gary Cooper tries in vain to roust up[…]
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HRC Decries House Passage Of The Anti-Gay Hilleary Amendment
On May 23rd, The Human Rights Campaign derided House passage of an anti-gay amendment sponsored by Rep. Van Hilleary, R-Tenn.[…]
Read moreSpitzer’s Study Is Biased And Unscientific
What do John Paulk, Jeremy Marks and Wade Richards have in common? They were all high profile “ex-gays” who came[…]
Read moreThe Supreme Court’s Green Light for Racial Profiling
Last month the Supreme Court of the United States declared that, as far as the police using minor traffic infractions[…]
Read moreBirmingham: The Bend Toward Justice
Speaking in March 1968 before Local 1199, the powerful Service Employees International Union, of health-care workers in New York City,[…]
Read moreNAACP Calls Mississippi Vote Deeply Disappointing
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), called the April 17th decision[…]
Read moreNAACP Urges Ashcroft To Investigate Fatal Cincinnati Shooting
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), on April 11th called on[…]
Read moreA Community Unheard
By Sheila J. Adams President Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Guest Columnist) Timothy Thomas, 19 years old, did not deserve[…]
Read moreTesting the Right Way for Talent
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League High stakes standardized tests, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT, fail[…]
Read moreThe Police and Political Firestorm in New Jersey
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League Black Americans have long learned to live with their deeply complex relationship[…]
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