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Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley, the author of "Roots," would have turned 100 on Aug. 11. Former Sen. Lamar Alexander reflects on their friendship.

Liberal media largely ignores Uncle Tim slurs against Tim Scott after his Biden response WaPo quotes slur-using activist who accused Scott of giving cover to white supremacists The very first three paragraphs (underneath a photo of  The View’s far-left Joy Behar) read this way:  “Liberal media outlets almost completely ignored the "Uncle Tim" slurs that trended on social media against Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., after his rebuttal Wednesday to President Bidens address to Congress. Scott, th...

Liberal media largely ignores Uncle Tim slurs against Tim Scott after his Biden response WaPo quotes slur-using activist who accused Scott of giving cover to white supremacists The very first three paragraphs (underneath a photo of  The View’s far-left Joy Behar) read this way:  “Liberal media outlets almost completely ignored the "Uncle Tim" slurs that trended on social media against Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., after his rebuttal Wednesday to President Bidens address to Congress. Scott, th...

February 26, 2021 Black History Month should be a great celebration for all Americans, not just those of us who are black. Unfortunately, the pride I felt about it as a child in the late 1970s has almost dissipated. That’s because instead of honoring those who truly made black history into American history, corporate media, corporations and the politically left have appropriated this tradition into a vehicle for virtual signaling. President Gerald Ford decreed Black History Month a national o...

Joseph Green-Bishop | 12/18/2020, 6 a.m. Reverend Mamie Alethia Williams Courtesy Photo The Reverend Mamie Alethia Williams was an angelic servant of God who during nearly a half century of ministry profoundly and selflessly improved the lives of people throughout the world. A powerful orator and effective church and civic leader, Reverend Williams, who passed recently in her Baltimore County home, performed a major role in progressive social change movements in the United Sta...

Is 2%. and if those factors are absent the probability of being poor is 76%. here at the naacp you understand the deep and lasting difference that family makes. our former executive director, dr. benjamin hooks had it exactly right, the family he said, quote, reinches ma the bulwark and the mainstay of the black community. that great truth must not be overlooked, end of quote. any policy that lifts up and honors the family is going to be good for the country and that must be our goal. as preside...

Is 2%. and if those factors are absent, the probability of being poor is 76%. here at the naacp, you understand the deep and lasting difference that family makes. your former executive director dr. benjamin hooks had it exactly right. the family, he said, quote, remains the bullwart and the mainstay of the black community. that great truth must not be overlooked, end of quote. any policy that lifts up and honors the family is going to be good for the country and that must be our goal. as preside...

Part depended on an entire generation of leaders. many are here today. for their service and their sacrifice, we owe them our everlasting gratitude. this is a monument to your collective achievement. some giants of the civil rights movement, like rosa parks and dorothy height, benjamin hooks, they have been taken from us these past few years. this monument attests to their strength and their courage, and wil we miss them dearly we know they rest in a better place. and finally, there are the mult...

this is a special edition of "state of the union" this morning for the dedication of the martin luther king memorial. "reliable sources" will return next week. president obama arrived here a short time ago and will soon dlirch his tribute to dr. -- deliver his tribute to dr. king. this will close with the extraordinarily rare playing of dr. kings "i have a dream" speech in its entirety. the king family has approved its use for this one event. the president will speak the end transto th...

>> he turned around and addressed the graduates. thats exciting stuff. >> that school, booker t. washington is one of the earlier schools in memphis. its a school where former head of naacp benjamin hooks graduated from, numerous people poo from the city graduated from. these kids, the progress they made in a short period of time, the application they sent to get the president to come was just inspiring. he was terrific yesterday. >> i thought he was talking about the memphis grizzlies, not some...