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Has Trump Trumped Himself with ‘The Blacks’?

The Editors — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:19:44 +0000

By TaRessa Stovall
His headline-making announcement that he’d seek the GOP nomination for the 2012 presidential race, distinguished by an obsessive insistence on seeing President Barack Obama’s original birth certificate to establish American citizenship increased the ratings for his NBC reality show, Celebrity Apprentice, and provided rich fodder for pundits and comics alike.

Ronald Reagan: A Better Friend of Blacks than Obama?

The Editors — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:10:19 +0000

By George E. Curry
There they go again. First, conservatives ranging from anti-affirmative action foe Ward Connerly, to combative talk show host Glenn Beck, claimed to be acting in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as they sought to dismantle everything he fought for. Now, one of Reagan’s sons has made the outlandish assertion that Reagan was a better friend of African-Americans than the nation’s first black president.

Beyond Words

The Editors — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:35:29 +0000

By Stacey Patton
When Barack Hussein Obama was elected our 44th president last November, I immediately began to think of a long line of heroic black ancestors whose blood, toil and sacrifices paved the way for this once "skinny kid with a funny name" to make history. In the midst of my joy, their names and faces surged to the forefront of my mind

Richard Pryor, the First Black President in 1977

The Editors — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:48:19 +0000

By The Editors
Before Barack Obama became the first black and the 44th President of the United States, Richard Pryor portrayed the 40th Commander-in-Chief on his comedy show.

The Election of Barack Obama: What It Means

The Editors — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:02:14 +0000

The Complexity of Progress John Payton, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Now is the time. The progress — both symbolic and real – of the election of Barack Obama to the Presidency of the United States is stunning to contemplate. We can hear our foremothers and forefathers singing. We have watched millions of [...]