Black leaders’ support may buy time for Paterson
NEW YORK (AP) _ New York Gov. David Paterson might have won some time when he received what has become rare support from influential black …
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Analysis: Do blacks truly want to transcend race?
Five little words – “I forgot he was black” – have caused a furor in the United States and exposed a contradiction in the idea …
Mostly black New Orleans could pick white mayor
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ black political base is one more victim of Hurricane Katrina. The storm decimated once-thriving black, middle-class neighborhoods, undercutting efforts …
Black advocates want more help for the unemployed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen …
Tiger’s troubles widen his distance from blacks
Amid all the headlines generated by Tiger Woods’ troubles _ the puzzling car accident, the suggestions of marital turmoil and multiple mistresses _ little attention …
Slim win for mayor shows battered black electorate
ATLANTA (AP) _ When the final votes are counted, it’s likely the black political machine that integrated Atlanta’s City Hall _ and kept it that …
Woman in W.Va. torture case now says she lied
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Megan Williams’ shocking accusations initially strained the imagination: Seven white people beat her with sticks, forced her to eat feces, raped …
Nation’s pupils find few black men to call Mister
CHEYNEY, Pa. (AP) _ Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him _ an African-American male. Gregory Georges …
Harvard professor, arresting policeman to talk again
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The black scholar and the white police sergeant who arrested him agreed to disagree and promised to talk again, a gracious conclusion …
Analysis: Gates arrest a signpost on racial road
It took less than a day for the arrest of Henry Louis Gates to become racial lore. When one of America’s most prominent black intellectuals …