Black on Black Racism?

If you have the time today, please read George Curry’s editorial entitled “New Orleans Black on Black Racism” (user: thedist@rere.net / pass: 4C6U48). Here is an excerpt:
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Six months after Hurricane Katrina, some public officials in New Orleans are waving a “Keep Out” sign in front of some of its poorest residents. In many instances, the [...]

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Black inventors and their patents

Benjamin F. Jackson
* #599,985, 3/1/1898, Heating apparatus
* #603,879, 5/101898, Matrix drying apparatus
* #622,482, 4/4/1899, Gas burner
* #690,730, 1/7/1902, Steam boiler

Brian G. Jackson
* #5,775,834, 7/7/1998, Portable highway warning device with frangible retainer ring
Harry Jackson
* #1,865,374, 6/28/1932, Advertising apparatus

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Taking a closer look at the CBC: Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO)

The Honorable Emanuel Cleaver II
Missouri, 5th District
U. S. House of Representatives
1641 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C.  20515
Ph: 202-225-4535
Opensecrets.org data 
Follow the Money data
Project Vote Smart data (click here for the full list–excerpted below)
Budget, Spending and Taxes

2005  Representative Cleaver supported the interests of the National Taxpayers Union 12 percent in 2005.
Civil Rights

2005  Representative Cleaver supported the interests of [...]

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