Sentences with phrase «black political power for»

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This profound alienation of the ghetto poor from mainstream American life has continued to grow worse in the years since the triumphs of the civil rights movement, even as the success of that movement has provided the basis for an impressive expansion of economic and political power for the black middle class.

But in the race for Mr. Rangel's Harlem seat, for years a center of black political power in New York, he stands out...

U.S. Rep Charles Rangel held a narrow lead Tuesday night in his bid for a 23rd term in a closely watched Democratic primary race that tested New York City's base of black political power against a rising Latino electorate.

Becoming king also bestows upon the king the powers of the Black Panther, though his threats aren't physical so much as political, having to deal with not only external forces who want to use Wakanda's stash of the worlds hardest and most powerful metal, vibranium, to their advantage, but also within Wakanda, among those who feel that they have a responsibility to share their advancement with the world to help those who desperately need its harnessed powers to heal, or, more extreme, to use their secretive wealth in resources and weapons technology to right centuries of wrongs for people of African descent around the world through a revolution.

Ironically, this misguided and shortsighted opposition has ensured that the fight for the future of quality educational access (and the production of future black leaders like Obama) will be between African Americans of one generation who found prosperity working in public education and who possess the lion's share of the political power, and the minority students whose futures are sacrificed on the altar of the nation's ossified urban education systems.

The current activism and political landscape across the country has brought increased attention to the power of black women voters and the 2017 Atlanta and East Point mayoral elections of Keisha Lance Bottoms and Deana Holiday Ingraham were historic for black women.

Although I strongly believe in the need for more representation and more political action, unfortunately, too often, having black people in positions of power — especially politicians — does not necessarily further the educational causes of black children in America.

To the indignation of the press and certain elements among our fellow citizens, Black leaders have been calling for a buildup of political power, based in localities where Black voters constitute a majority or at least a sizable bloc.

As artists respond to the possibility of global environmental chaos, Mark Rappolt examines Tomás Saraceno's Aerocene project, one of the artist's most ambitious imaginings yet The Truth about «Cultural Appropriation» With controversies over cultural appropriation regularly in the headlines, Kenan Malikargues that trying to control what culture artists can and can not use is bad news for political interaction and artistic imagination Power in Black and White In an America where the dividing line of race is now a cultural and artistic flashpoint, Jonathan T.D. Neil searches for a path beyond both pluralism and white privilege Carol Rhodes «Rhodes's landscapes are unlocatable because they are fantastical... They are «nowhere places».»

It's in this same year that Tate Modern's exhibition «Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (1963 — 1983)» begins its story of the radical, brilliant and hugely varied art made by African American artists in the political and cultural landscape of Civil Rights, Black Panthers, Blaxploitation, and other manifestations of the fight for equality in education, jobs and representation.

Fifty years ago the Black Panther Party was created, fighting for «power to the people» with a mix of political activism, militancy, progressive community programs and pop culture awareness.

«A gallery called «Figuring Black Power» delved more deeply into artists» varied strategies for activating the political and aesthetic possibilities of representation,» she writes.

Alongside her day - job duties, Parks collaborated with the League of Revolutionary Black Voters, the black power movement, organized for freedom of political prisoners, co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation and served on the Board of Advocates of Planned ParentBlack Voters, the black power movement, organized for freedom of political prisoners, co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation and served on the Board of Advocates of Planned Parentblack power movement, organized for freedom of political prisoners, co-founded the Rosa L. Parks Scholarship Foundation and served on the Board of Advocates of Planned Parenthood.