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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,…

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,…

As 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…

As 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…

Representatives 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…

Scholars, 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…

Civil 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…

The 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…

Participants 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…

Participants 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…

Participants talked about strategies to build coalitions between minority groups with similar interests and the possibility of creating a “supermajority.” Following their remarks they answe…

Labor 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…

Representatives 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 …

Participants 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.

Participants 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…

The 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.

Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute and Columbia University Professor Michael Eric Dyson debated the effectiveness of affirmative action. They discussed whether affirmative …

Feminist 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…

In 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…

Rebecca 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 …