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The Democratic National Convention Committee’s Platform Drafting Committee held a hearing on what should be included in the party’s platform for the July 2016 convention in Philadelphia. One…

Representative Keith Ellison (D-IL) delivered the keynote speech at an event which included panels on race, economic inequality, and the goals of the 1963 March on Washington. The August 28,…

The Center for American Progress held a forum on economic growth and equality. After opening remarks from Vanessa Cárdenas and Angela Glover Blackwell, members of the first panel talked …

Participants spoke about the state of the black union at an event titled “We Count! The Black Agenda Is the American Agenda.” They focused on challenges facing the African-American community…

Panelists spoke about ways in which recent economic stimulus and recovery legislation would affect low-wage workers. Among the topics they addressed were likely areas of job creation, worker…

Rebecca Blank talked and others spoke about recommendations to President-Elect Obama to make greater investments in economic opportunity and increase future economic mobility for poor childr…

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the role of the African-American vote in the 2008 presidential election. Tom Joyner led a question-and-answer s…

Leaders in education, public policy, religion, and black communities discussed the future impact of African Americans on Western culture, the United States' global image, and the social, pol…

In the first panel of an afternoon session of State of the Black Union 2006 titled, “Defining the African American Agenda, Part II,” participants focused on the State of the Black Union 2005…

In the first panel of an afternoon session titled “State of the Black Union 2005: Defining the African American Agenda,” Tavis Smiley moderated a discussion on framing a contract or covenant…

Maureen Bunyan moderated this discussion on the federal role in assisting urban areas to solve local problems. This was part of a symposium sponsored by the Center on Urban and Metropolitan …

Rockefeller Foundation Senior Vice President Angela Glover Blackwell closed a symposium on metropolitan solutions to urban problems. She summarized the day’s proceedings and stressed the nee…

Network news executives, reporters, and producers discussed the news media, violence, and children. They also considered how television producers could do a better job of meeting the needs o…