Marian Wright Edelman, Huffington Post- In September, with his selection as the new president and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous became, at 35, the youngest president in the organization’s history. He represents a new generation of Black...

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Huffington Post- Not long after Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama tossed his hat in the presidential rink back in February 2007, an odd, even bizarre thing happened. A hodgepodge of avowedly racist groups burned up...

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Cynthia King, History News Network- Though partisans continue to debate the merits and demerits of Sarah Palin’s candidacy, the fact is that she is the first female vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party. This is also true of Geraldine...

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Jennifer Liberto, St. Petersburg Times- Florida’s top elected female executive was adamant in a Cabinet meeting last month: The state should be more diligent about hiring minorities as parole commissioners because they make important decisions...

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Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel- Hopefully, a new poll suggesting Democrat Barack Obama might lose a full 6 percentage points in the vote for president because he’s black didn’t spoil his day in Wisconsin.Obama was campaigning in Green Bay on.

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