EDITORIAL
STEP UP here!With this issue the Banner launches "STEP UP - Focus Your Steps Toward Success," a monthly supplement. The objective of STEP UP is to provide high school students with the information and inspiration needed for academic achievement. More » |
Response to Coakley letterAfrican Americans vote overwhelmingly democratic. This is because most blacks do not find Republican policies helpful. Nonetheless, there is a gnawing concern in the black community that Democrats take the black vote for granted. More » |
OPINION
What Would You Sit In For?It has been 50 years since four young North Carolina A&T State University students sat in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter for a cup of coffee, 50 years since their action triggered a movement that challenged, and ultimately changed a nation. While a gala and concert were snowed out, thousands will line the streets of Greensboro to celebrate the museum's opening. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Coakley Worked to Earn African American VoteAs Martha Coakley's Chief Outreach Strategist, had I known of Yawu Miller's call to me, I would have been able to share with him and the Banner readers some significant outreach to communities of color done in a maddening short 8 week long special election, a time frame that sometimes does not allow for the kind of extensive outreach that a full fledged campaign could expect. More » |
