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By Leonard E. Colvin
Chief Reporter
New Journal & Guide
In 2013, when Terry McAuliffe first ran for governor of Virginia, he lost the white vote by 20 points.
But McAuliffe won 90 percent of the Black Vote and that propelled him to a narrow 3-point victory over his Conservative Republican rival Ken Cuccinelli.
According to Dr. Eric Claville, the Director of The Center for African American Public Policy (CAAmPP) at Norfolk State University, McAuliffe secured 47.8% of the vote and Cuccinelli, secured 45.2%
A third-party candidate, he said, registered a historic and strong 6.5% of the electorate, pulling votes away from the Democrats.
Continue reading All Eyes On Virginia Governor’s Election at The New Journal and Guide.
Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
Former President Barack Obama remembered John Thompson not so much as a basketball coach but as someone who reshaped lives.
The #CreepyTucker hashtag went viral after the Fox News host continued his fearmongering about COVID-19 shots.
… -19 vaccine, particularly among some Black Americans.
Congressman-elect Jamaal Bowman, the … the lack of trust that African Americans feel towards American institutions over …
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s foremost infectious disease physician, also championed the work of Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American scientist, whom Dr. Fauci said was at the forefront of the development of the vaccine. “So, the first thing you might want to say to my African American brothers and sisters is that the vaccine that you’re going to be taking was developed by an African American woman. And that is just a fact,” Dr. Fauci remarked.
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Last week, former President Barack Obama headlined JP Morgan Chase’s #ShowMeYourWalk commencement ceremony for HBCU students, which was hosted by Kevin Hart and included appearances by Steve Harvey, Doug E. Fresh, and NBA All-Star Chris Paul.
However, YouTube is closing out graduation season with what appears to be the grandest virtual commencement ceremony of the year.
YouTube’s “Dear Class of 2020″ will be the only commencement of the season featuring speeches from both President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as well as Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
To top it all, the commencement will be followed by a grad night party hosted by YouTube Music, featuring performances by Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, and more.
“Dear Class of 2020” will air on Saturday, June 6 on YouTube and the Learn@Home site, starting at 3 p.m. ET and noon P.T.
U.S. Senator from South Carolina, Timothy Eugene Scott is the first black Republican elected to the Senate from the South since Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce served in that body representing Mississippi from 1876 to 1881. He is also the first Republican Senator elected since Edward Brooke represented Massachusetts in that body in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Before his appointment to the Senate post on December 17, 2012, Scott was a Congressman representing South Carolinas 1st Congressional District. Elected during the 2010 midterm elections, he was also the first black Republican elected to the House of Representatives from South Carolina since George Washington Murray, who served in Congress from 1896 to 1897.
Senator Scott was born on September 19, 1965 in North Charleston and grew up in this impoverished neighborhood. His parents divorced when he was seven. In order to make ends meet, his mother, Frances, worked sixteen hour days as a nurse’s assistant, a profession which she still holds. Scott’s older brother is a U.S. Army officer, stationed in Germany.
Tim Scott graduated from Charleston Southern University with a B.S. degree in Political Science in 1988. He began his professional life selling insurance door-to-door. Over the years, the business, Tim Scott Allstate Insurance, developed into a highly successful company. Scott is also a partner in the Pathway Real Estate Group.
In 1995, Scott was elected to the Charleston County Council, becoming the first black Republican to hold a countywide elected office since Reconstruction. He served on the Council for thirteen years, rising to the position of Council Chair in 2008.
In 2010 Scott won the vacated seat of Republican Congressman Henry Brown, Jr. When Scott decided to enter the race for Congress, he raised $725,000, far more than the $20,000 of his closest challenger. He subsequently won a resounding victory in the nine-candidate Republican primary. Among his opponents was Carroll Campbell III, the son of the late governor. In the
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) can claw its way out of the apparent financial hole in which it has found itself, aspiring president Lisa Hanna believes.But, that will only happen if members of the embattled party can unite, she cautioned, following a series of leadership challenges brought on by constant infighting.
Years in the making, the visitor center and state historic site grounds at the Pullman National Monument have officially opened
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Alan Dupree Wheat, the first black Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, was born in San Antonio, Texas, on October 16, 1951. He attended schools in Wichita, Kansas, and in Seville, Spain, before graduating from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1968. In 1972 Wheat received a B.A. in economics from Grinnell College and then joined the Department of Housing and Urban Development as an economist. From 1973 to 1975 he worked in the same capacity for the Mid-America Regional Council in Kansas City. In Jackson County, Missouri he served as an aide for county executive Mike White from 1975 to 1976. At age 25 Wheat was elected to the Missouri General Assembly. Wheat served three terms in the Assembly where he chaired the Urban Affairs Committee.
When Fifth Congressional District Representative Richard W. Bolling announced his retirement in August 1981, Wheat entered the race to succeed him and was elected to Congress in November 1982. Unusual for African American Congressmen at the time, Wheat was elected from a predominately white district. At 32, he was the youngest African American appointed to the House Rules Committee. Wheat also served on the Committee on the District of Columbia and chaired the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education. He was a member of the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families and was Vice Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
While in Congress, Wheat championed such causes as homelessness and hunger and the anti-apartheid campaign in South Africa. His legislative accomplishments included several millions of dollars for flood control projects for Missouri, an expressway system and a new federal courthouse in Kansas City. Wheat was an early proponent of a light rail transportation system for metropolitan Kansas City. He also opposed the U.S. Space Station and the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s citing their enormous costs to taxpayers.
Alan Wheat represented the Fifth Congressional District from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1995. In 1994 when
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a special message during the Pride Live Stonewall Day streaming event this Friday (June 26).
Our forever Potus will be followed by special guests and performers including Pride Live board president Dr. Yvette C. Burton, actress Cynthia Erivo, Donatella Versace, Taylor Swift, Ellen DeGeneres, Ke$sha, Demi Lovato, Christian Sirano, and more.
The third annual Stonewall Day event will air on Logo’s Facebook and YouTube pages kicking off at 12:45 PM EST.
All proceeds from the virtual event will be donated to LGBTQ organizations affected by COVID-19.
On the eve of the Pride Live event, Pose stars Billy Porter and MJ Rodriguez will participate in a three-hour virtual march and rally for the “She’s a Riot” event, in support of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute and LGBTQ people of color.
WITH THE decreasing number of Caribbean-American voters participating in elections in the United States, coupled with news reports about the uncertainty of mail-in voting for the 2020 general election, a group of concerned Caribbean-Americans has...
… to make appeal to the African-American community it can’t be … of making derogatory comments about African-Americans.”
— Correspondent Jim Acosta on CNN …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is returning to Philadelphia on Wednesday for his first in-person 2020 campaign event for Joe Biden. In 2016, the man known as one of the Democratic Party’s strongest orators delivered Hillary Clinton’s closing argument in the same place — at a rally for thousands the night before Election Day on […]
