May 12th, 2009
Posted By Mel Gagarin | May 12th, 2009 | Category: Media Watch | No Comments »
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LDF News and Media Today:
A sampling of Race, Justice, Equality and Democracy in the news.
By Mel Gagarin
- The Root examines the new integration crusade
- What Color Is That Baby?
- The LA Times wonders if gun buybacks actually work
- Sotomayor could be on Obama’s short-list
- Obama waffling on gay issues?
- A. Phillip Randolph and the Pullman Porters
- White House responds to BET’s HBCU funding cut story
Afternoon Blog Wrap-Up by Kasha Dragon
- Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work
- Oral history project would collect civil rights pioneers’ stories
- “Don’t ask, don’t tell:” an obstacle or opportunity for Obama?
- Did Wanda Sykes Cross the Line?
- Black Colleges Fight for Federal Funds
- Obama wants to turn around 5,000 failing schools
- Media biased on missing Black boys, too
- Military Mayhem
- Obama Touts Health Agenda to Business Leaders
The Beck-Palin Rally: Where Was The Rest of America?
Teaching Black Kids to Cope with Racism
Obama Renews Pledge to Help New Orleans Rebuild
LDF Statement Commemorating 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
55 Years Later, Emmett Till Murder Still Haunts
“I Have A Dream”
Coming Soon: The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
“He prayed humbly that he was on God’s side”
August 28, 1963: A Moment of Glory
Black Police Officers Association Endorses California Ballot Measure to Legalize Marijuana
Top 25 African-American Films of All Time
My Top 10 African-American TV Shows of All Time
Calvin Willis
The Red and the Black: African Americans and Cherokees in Antebellum America
A Fun Face?
Biloxi Schools Controversy: Punished for Achievement?
Sarah Rector: The Richest Colored Girl in the World
Clyde Murphy: 1948 — 2010
Chemical Relaxers: The Facts Might Not Be So Relaxing
Justice Denied: Still No Money for Black Farmers Settlement
Spike Lee revisits New Orleans in new HBO documentary
8 Year-Old Girl’s Hair Triggers Cries of Racism But Are We Jumping the Gun?
No Birth Records = Tough Road Ahead When Aging Out of Foster Care
Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk About Rearing Biracial Children