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NAACP Baltimore City Branch General Membership Meeting MD 2010 Legislative Wrap-Up Tuesday,April 27,2010 6:00pm – 8:30pm Union Baptist Church 1219 Druid Hill Ave.  – Baltimore,Md  21217

Dr. Frederick Douglass Patterson, educator, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, humanitarian, and founder of the United Negro College Fund, died on this date in 1988. ~ born on October 10, 1901. ~ Orphaned at age two. ~ Studied at Iowa State College ~ Taught veterinary science for four years at Virginia State College. ~ Married Catherine […]

UPDATE: Rev. Al Sharpton’s official statement on Arizona Immigration Law: “The Arizona Immigration Bill is an affront to the civil rights of all Americans and an attempt to legalize racial profiling. As one who helped to make racial profiling a national issue and who has in the last year visited Arizona several times to rally […]

Via Newsone.com The biggest irony, of course, about the issue of “illegal” immigrants, at least as far as it pertains to people coming from Central and South America is that they are the original inhabitants of this hemisphere. Think of it this way: what if, while you were away at college, someone had broken into […]

Lee Elder won the Monsanto Open, becoming the first Black pro golfer to qualify for the Masters Golf Championship on this date in 1974. Senior Tour Victories 1984: Suntree Senior Classic, Hilton Head Seniors International 1985: Denver Post Championship, Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative, Digital Seniors Classic, Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic 1986: Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest […]

Archibald T.Carey,Jr. , lawyer,judge,politician,diplomat and clergy-man, and  the first Black to be appointed Chair of the President’s Committee on Government Employment Policy.Carey was appointed by President Dwight D.Eisenhower. He also served as an alternate delegate to the United Nations from 1953 to 1956.

Black Leaders Meet to Set Their Own Black Agenda Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 By: Denise Stewart Leaders of the some of the nation’s top civil rights organizations, educational institutions and businesses came together Saturday at Harlem’s Corinthian Baptist Church to talk about how far black folks have come and emerged with 12-month plan to […]

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Join Larry Young & The Larry Young Morning Show on Friday, April 9,2010 @ 5:30pm @ The Vetvet Rope Night Club (200 East Redwood Street) then from there @ 6:00pm there will be a walk to the Marriott Hotel for the Culture Shock Protest.

Black Conservative Tea Party Backers Take Heat Date: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 By: Valerie Bauman ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They’ve been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement — and […]

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Analysis: Steele Double-Dealing the Race Card Date: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 By: Michael H. Cottman Michael Steele couldn’t wait to play the race card. Steele, the beleaguered chairman of the Republican National Committee, has spent nearly every waking moment criticizing President Barack Obama. But now, with his job being questioned, Steele claims he’s not getting […]