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Dr. Elsie Scott

 Dr. Elsie Scott, CBCF President
CBC to Tackle Unemployment Head-on During Legislative Weekend
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - The Congressional Black Caucus this year is tackling the current debilitating joblessness in the Black community head on with several sessions on the connection between education and employment at its 40th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC). ... Click Here for More Information

First Lady to Campaign for Democrats
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Democrats are deploying First Lady Michelle Obama to the campaign trail to help them retain control of Congress in the Nov. 2 mid-term elections and boost her husband in the 2012 presidential election. ... Click Here for More Information
MORE NATIONAL
While New Orleans has successfully begun its rebuilding project, five years later, African-Americans are still struggling twice as hard as Whites.

 While New Orleans has successfully begun its...
 Credit: PHOTO BY HAROLD BAQUET
SPECIAL REPORT: FIVE YEARS SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA: PAIN INDEX STILL AT CRISIS LEVEL FOR MANY, WEEK OF AUGUST 12-18, 2010
BY BILL QUIGLEY, DAVIDA FINGER AND LANCE HILL
NNPA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) - It will be five years ... Click Here for More Information

NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR BLACK FISHERMEN; COMMUNITIES HURT, WEEK OF AUGUST 12-18, 2010
BY JESSE MUHAMMAD
OF THE FINAL CALL ... Click Here for More Information
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS
DR. IRMA MCCLAURIN

 DR. IRMA MCCLAURIN
PUBLISHED REPORTS: SHAW CHOOSES IRMA MCCLAURIN AS PRESIDENT, WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9-14, 2010
Published reports on Wednesday indicate that Dr. Irma McClaurin, a highly respected Associate Vice President for System Academic Administration at the University of Minnesota, has been named the 15th ... Click Here for More Information

STATE APPELLATE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE THIGPEN LAUDED, AUGUST 26-SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
Governor Beverly Perdue is being lauded for her appointment of Special Superior Court Judge Cressie Thigpen to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Judge Thigpen, formerly president of the N.C. State... Click Here for More Information
STATE BRIEFS
NC

STATE BRIEFS, WEEK OF AUGUST 26-SEPTEMBER 1, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW SHAW PRES NOW SAID TO BE ''VERY CLOSE''
[RALEIGH] The chairman of the Shaw University Board of Trustees says the HBCU is ''very close to ... Click Here for More Information

STATE BRIEFS, WEEK OF AUGUST 19-25, 2010
NC NAACP CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL, GOVERNOR TO FIX LEGAL ABUSES ... Click Here for More Information
BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT
AT AND T KICKS OFF ANTI-TEXTING CAMPAIGN, WEEK OF JULY 15-21, 2010
Stop what you're doing. Take out your wireless device. Read out loud the last text message you received. Would reading or responding to that text message while driving be worth causing a serious accident? When you look at it that way, there's no text that couldn't wait.

AT&T is taking that message to North Carolina high schools and ... Click Here for More Information

BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT COLUMNISTS
FRAZIER AND FOSTER

 EDWINA FRAZIER AND ADELEL FOSTER
SISTERS IN BUSINESS, ''WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?'', WEEK OF AUGUST 12-18, 2010
''Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.'' --William James

''Procrastination is the bad habit of ... Click Here for More Information

SISTERS IN BUSINESS, THE POWER OF NEGOTIATION!, WEEK OF JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2010
Do you remember the first time you bought a car? Were you young with no credit and little money? Were you older with bad credit and no money? Either way, you didn't boldly approach the salesman with a ... Click Here for More Information
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THE NATIONAL BLACK CHURCH INITIATIVE CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION
THE NATIONAL BLACK CHURCH INITIATIVE CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE AMERICAN LEGACY FOUNDATION

Where Did $206 Billion Dollars Go?

Washington DC – The National Black Church ... Click Here for More Information

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