Black Success

All poor Mitt Romney wanted to do was show some “compassion” to a group of African American schoolchildren in West Philly and explain to them that they are only poor because their mothers are sluts and their fathers are deadbeats, and what kind of ...  

Polls suggest that instead of turning on President Obama, many African Americans are following his lead, and abandoning their opposition to same-sex marriage Obama really has changed public opinion: The shifting polls in Maryland demonstrate that "the ...  

Annapolis, MD -- The Naval Academy says Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the Academy, has died. He was 85. The Capital of Annapolis reported that Brown died Tuesday. An Academy spokesman did not know where Brown died.  

Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters ...  

The Republican Party once had a lock on the African American vote. But that began loosening 125 years ago when the "Lily-White" movement openly began to push blacks out of the party. Even though Southern Democrats were the official party of Jim ...  

Even more compelling, 55 percent of African Americans said same-sex marriages should have the same rights as other marriages. African American support has pole-vaulted. In that Post-ABC News poll, African Americans favored same-sex marriage by ...  

A majority of Southern Baptist pastors surveyed said they think it would be good for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination to have an African-American leader. Six in 10 of pastors responding to a LifeWay Research survey said they agree ...  

"His longevity and his breaking down the doors, breaking the color barrier, he really made it possible for African-Americans who followed him to work in the medium," Heine said. Jackson had been on the air as recently as a couple of weeks ago ...  

*A former USIA Research Officer found that African immigrants to the U.S. want no “reunion” or “community” with African Americans. The focus of this e-book is on the “Why” and how these attitudes could lead to conflicts in the future if not ...  

Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living. He was 85. "It's important for ...  

The life and career of great African-American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner is on exhibit at Cincinnati Art Museum, opening Saturday and continuing through Sept. 9. Tanner’s first solo exhibition was in Cincinnati in autumn 1890. More than a ...  

Romney repeated that declaration during the school visit, but struggled to defend his view that class sizes aren't a major factor in educational success. Local African-American leaders also said his push for more two-parent families isn't ...  

Black Enterprise will celebrate their 40 th year of listing Americas top ... it’s truly is a labor of love for us to report the state of African American business success in the US, highlighting the achievements of intrepid entrepreneurs ...  

The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile ... A story of pain, tragedy, endurance and success, the novel sends a powerful message of hope as told through the compelling ...  

"I was more or less terrified," said Daniels, 48, an African American man who lives in Burlington. Horrified by the noose, which evokes lynchings, Daniels looked twice to make sure, then called a coworker into the locker room to witness it.