Poverty, Inequality and Race
As part of the “National Media Forum on Poverty, Inequality and Race: 40 Years after the Kerner Commission,” journalists and media experts talked about the lack of media coverage of poverty,…
306 viewsAs part of the “National Media Forum on Poverty, Inequality and Race: 40 Years after the Kerner Commission,” journalists and media experts talked about the lack of media coverage of poverty,…
306 viewsAs part of the “National Media Forum on Poverty, Inequality and Race: 40 Years after the Kerner Commission,” journalists and media experts talked about the lack of media coverage of poverty,…
205 viewsAs part of the “National Media Forum on Poverty, Inequality and Race: 40 Years after the Kerner Commission,” media experts talked about the lack of media coverage of poverty, inequality, and…
482 viewsAs part of the “National Media Forum on Poverty, Inequality and Race: 40 Years after the Kerner Commission,” journalists and others talked about topics such as lack of media coverage of race…
432 viewsRepresentatives from various women’s and research organizations talked to reporters about a poll on the voting patterns of women and on women candidates in the 2006 midterm elections. They a…
171 viewsScholars, civil rights leaders and others talked about the history of civil rights and how past leaders in the black community would have responded to contemporary issues. They also talked a…
320 viewsCivil rights activists spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 30th Anniversary March on Washington entitled, “Jobs, Justice and Peace.” The march, whose participants suppor…
3,217 viewsThe speakers talked about the Senate leadership and Senator Lott, including their letter to Senator Trent Lott urging him to resign his position as Senate Minority Leader. Following their pr…
229 viewsParticipants talked about levels of voter turn out in the 2002 midterm elections among the African-American community and the impact that black votes had on election results. They also answe…
131 viewsParticipants talked to reporters about a campaign to include Sojourner Truth in a monument to the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. Capitol. Following their remarks they answered questio…
302 viewsParticipants talked about strategies to build coalitions between minority groups with similar interests and the possibility of creating a “supermajority.” Following their remarks they answe…
165 viewsLabor leaders and civil right activists spoke on the steps of the Florida Supreme Court building about the 2000 election results and the inauguration of George W. Bush. Among the issues they…
218 viewsRepresentatives from various women’s groups spoke to reporters about their objections to the nominations of Senator Ashcroft as attorney general and Governor Thompson as secretary of health …
83 viewsParticipants talked about voter turnout in the African-American community, problems with treatment of the community in several Florida counties, and other issues facing black voters.
68 viewsParticipants spoke about organizing and ways to advocate feminist policy goals. Among the topics they addressed were opposing the religious right, reproductive rights, same sex unions, and g…
346 viewsThe speakers called on the House managers to stop torturing Monica Lewinsky. They asked the Senators to end the trial which is an embarrassment to our country and get back to work.
197 viewsWard Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute and Columbia University Professor Michael Eric Dyson debated the effectiveness of affirmative action. They discussed whether affirmative …
1,307 viewsFeminist leaders spoke to the press about the potential impeachment of President Bill Clinton. They strongly objected to impeachment proceedings and urged both women and men to actively oppo…
186 viewsIn the newspaper roundtable of the C-SPAN Washington Journal program Wade Horn, National Fatherhood Initiative and Yvonne Scruggs, Black Leadership Forum talked about current news stories of…
34 viewsRebecca Mouse Yahola and Ava Muhammad talked about their experiences as minority women, how their lives were influenced by their families and society, and the state of race relations in the …
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