OPINION: Steele Is Trapped Behind Bad Timing & A Big Mouth
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By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
Once again RNC Chairman Michael Steele has taken his rhetoric a bit too far.
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Joshua Dubois – Director Of Religious Affairs
At 26 years old, Joshua Dubois has found himself very close to the President.
Read MoreObamas, Bidens Celebrate Civil Rights Music
WASHINGTON — Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup of performers pay tribute to the music that he said fueled freedom marches and civil disobedience.
Read MoreTHE LIBERATOR: Harriet Tubman
HARRIET TUBMAN
Harriet Tubman freed more than 70 slaves over the course of 13 clandestine missions in her lifetime. That number is infinitesimal compared to the millions of Africans in bondage before the American Civil War. But Tubman’s legend had a psychological impact on the enslaved and the free, on Black and white, that far exceeded her armspan and lifespan. Tubman, the tenacious liberator of Black slaves, was called
Michelle Obama Finds Comfort In Her Role As First Lady
When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama. But you won’t hear the first lady utter a peep of complaint. Watch her interview with Matt Lauer here.
Read MoreObama Remembers Civil Rights Movement
President Obama speaks after an event where members of different generations reflected on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 18, 2010.
Read MoreObama Creates The White House Council On Women And Girls
On March 11, 2009, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. In its first year, the Council provides a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls in the U.S. Watch video of Obama’s signing of this historic council.
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