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Black Baptists Decry 'Disrespect' Directed At Obama

Posted 10.15.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A black denomination that began 50 years ago in support of the Rev. Martin Luther King J...

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Will President Obama Become Mayor Dinkins?

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 10.05.2011

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Michael Fauntroy

The president could lose his reelection bid if enough Black voters stay home because they either do not believe the Republican nominee can win or they just do not feel the same urgency to show up on election day.

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Black Voters Question Obama's Approach To Race

The New York Times | Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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There was no big speech or fancy ceremony when President Obama observed the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday last month. Instead, for his fi...

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An Integrated National Psyche

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Tian Dayton

The idea behind psychic integration is that it makes the individual healthier and more whole. It seems no great stretch to apply these same principles to our national psyche.

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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leaders Speak Of Obama With Awe

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I've been able to see our nation get better," the Rev. Jesse Jackson muses, in joyful anticipation of Barack Obama's impending presidential victory. ...

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Sam Stein

Obama Winning Georgia? How He Could Pull Off An Upset

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new InsiderAdvantage/Poll Position survey shows the remarkable: Barack Obama could very well win the deep-red state of Georgia. The Illinois Democr...

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A Prize More Precious Than The Presidency

Alden Loury | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alden Loury

Before a single vote has been counted, Obama has captured something that may be far more precious than even the American presidency. He has won the attention of America's black youth.

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Spike Lee: Obama's Election Will Be "Seismic Change"

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson's crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won't affect the Democrat's campaign, ...

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Obama Still Making Up Lost Ground With Latinos

Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 05.25.2011

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Feet In Two Worlds

"Obama basically gave up the Latino vote in the primaries to Hillary Clinton...and there's a struggle now to bring voters around. Latinos are going back to the Democratic Party but simply because they don't like the way things are going in the country."

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African-American TV Channel Won't Cover GOP Convention

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — TV One, the cable network aimed at African-American viewers, will cover Barack Obama's nominating convention but is ignoring John McC...

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Jesse Jackson Used N-Word In Controversial Fox News Tape

AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox N...

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Jesse Jackson Disparages Barack Obama: Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE JULY 16 9:00 PM EASTERN TVNewser reports that Jesse Jackson did use the n-word in his controversial remarks about Barack Obama, but he did no...

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FOX News, and the Media, Get Their Macaca Moment

Amanda Michel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amanda Michel

FOX got lucky because Jackson slipped inside their recording studio, a place so intimately familiar to broadcast journalists that even ambiguous conventions go unchecked.

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Cable news anchors choking on Jesse Jackson's "nuts"

236.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Jesse Jackson's comments about Barack Obama broke yesterday evening, the true attraction for us wasn't the story itself, but the beautiful awkwar...

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Clinton Camp Stoops To Language Games And Overt Race Strategizing

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The press conference was marked by sad Clintonian parsing. The primary is close, depending on how you define "close." Gas prices are a white issue. African-Americans, as a mass, are Obama's "passionate supporters."

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Thomas B. Edsall

Obama Faces White Resistance In South, Polls Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Columbia, S.C. -- Barack Obama is heading into the January 26 South Carolina Democratic primary powered by a solid lead in each of the most recent 11 ...

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