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African-American Firsts In New York

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York


In 1911, Samuel Battle became the "first black officer to join" the NYPD. Today, nearly 100 years later, the intersection at West 135th Street and Le...

Memo to Obama: Let the Floor Vote Roll

Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics


Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan

By allowing the roll call to take place, Obama would honor not just what Hillary Clinton achieved with her 18 million votes, but the promise of even greater accomplishments by Democratic women in the future.