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WASHINGTON – Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined the campaign of Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday as a poll showed support for the presidential candidate slipping among black Americans, a critical Democratic constituency.
The Pew Research Center said Tuesday its latest poll showed 73 percent of blacks supporting Kerry compared to 12 percent supporting President Bush. [...]

Description of radio ad:

One ad says Democrats support “abortion laws that are decimating our people.” Another argues that Democrats “preach tolerance but practice discrimination.” (full article)

Fearing that African-Americans will realize that they have choices in this presidential election, Congressman John Lewis makes the following statement:

Congressman John Lewis, a black Democrat from Georgia, condemns the ads [...]

“The Black community of the gold rush California became one of the most culturally advanced and probably the richest black community in the country. Its wealth was placed at more than two million dollars in assets, with more than half of this located in San Francisco. This wealth acted as a precipitant of black [...]

I know this is slightly old news, but I thought I was pretty interesting to hear from a Black college student. Here is some excerpts of her article:
Though Kelly has not been tried, the CBC should have been conscious of the message that scheduling him to perform would send out: “If these are Black America’s [...]

Already, black immigrants are challenging native-born black students for prestigious slots in Ivy League schools. In June, according to The New York Times, several prominent black academics pointed out that about two-thirds of Harvard University’s black undergraduates are black immigrants, children of immigrants or children of biracial marriages. Researchers studying black enrollment at several other [...]

This is what groups like the ACLU and the NAACP want African-Americans and the rest of the world to believe. Throughout this site I have mentioned that yes, I do believe the possibility of voter diversion (Let’s face it, people will do just about anything to see their candidate win). However, as an [...]