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Maryland elects first Black woman appellate court judge
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is set to swear in the first black woman to an appellate court in the state Tuesday.
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Republican Sen. Graham plans to alter the Amendment that gave African Americans citizenship rights
The 14th Amendment ensured black citizenship when it was ratified in 1868. According to Senator Graham and other Republican leaders, the rationale of senators calling for hearings on the 14th Amendment is supposedly a concern about illegal immigration.
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Pres. Obama signs act that lowers disparity in African American sentencing
Under the old law, someone convicted of possessing five grams of crack cocaine received a mandatory five years in prison. Those convicted of possessing powder cocaine had to be holding 100 times that amount to get the same mandatory sentence.
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[Confirmed] Wyclef Jean to run for President of Haiti
A former top legislator and ally confirmed to the Associated Press that Haitian-born hip-hop star Wyclef Jean plans to run for president of Haiti.
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Are Black politicians being unfairly targeted by ethics committees?
The prospect of Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters, enduring unprecedented public ethics trials adds to the growing tension between black members of Congress and Democratic leaders. The Congressional Black Caucus has complained that the House ethics process disproportionally targets African Americans.
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Possibly the most effective 34 seconds political ad ever.
Aspiring Attorney General Ken Hodges served as special prosecutor in the 2003 shooting death of a Muscogee County black man, Kenneth Walker, by a white sheriff’s deputy, David Glisson.
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Are Black politicians ignoring Black voters?
Rep. Artur Davis assumed because of his skin blacks would flock to his campaign. He deserved to lose for running a tone deaf campaign that ostracized and minimalized black voters.
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32 African Americans run Congress as Republicans
At least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.