Sentences with phrase «black president in»

As a real estate professional, she became the first black president in the 117 - year history of the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors.

Of course, with the first black president in office, we surely have abolished racial profiling in the criminal justice system and bigotry across the nation... right?

I tend to be an optimist, but, until recently, I doubted I would see a black president in my lifetime.

But just as the presence of a black president in the White House hasn't ushered in an era of racial comity in America, Obama's cameo in the Biennial doesn't mean that the art world is a place of utopian equality.

Based on his autobiography, the film chronicles his life from childhood to his inauguration as South Africa's first black president in 1994.

In its way, this is far more radical and remarkable than a black president in the US or a female chancellor in Germany.

Using this «one nation» rhetoric, Clinton was hoping to move forward on the country's extraordinary success in electing its first black President in 2008, offering the electorate an opportunity to reach yet another milestone: to elect its first female President.

Dems: Going from a nation that owned slaves to electing the first black president in a short time.

Not exact matches

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

BRIEFLY IN THE BLACK: Small tax increases and spending cuts in the 1990s generated surpluses beginning under President Bill Clinton (above, right)-- with an assist from the dotcom booIN THE BLACK: Small tax increases and spending cuts in the 1990s generated surpluses beginning under President Bill Clinton (above, right)-- with an assist from the dotcom booin the 1990s generated surpluses beginning under President Bill Clinton (above, right)-- with an assist from the dotcom boom.

The president thinks an immigration system based on «skills» will keep black and brown immigrants out and let more white ones in.

Black voters in red states should vote as they usually do for candidates, down the ballot — and leave their choice for President blank.

I understood even then that he was right about a black - hole quality in the president's office — and maybe in all offices.

Iain Black, president and CEO, Vancouver Board of Trade This budget reflects the type of long - term thinking that needs to be shown in a global context of the need for more free trade, particularly with Asia, South America and Europe.

In 1912 the civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois endorsed Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson for President and asked black voters to get behind Wilson's candidacy.

«Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM / Antifa,» former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke wrote on Twitter after Trump «s latest remarks, referring to Black Lives Matter (BLM) and anti-facists.

Darren Tristano, executive vice president of Technomic, a restaurant industry research firm in Chicago, isn't sure the heartland is ready to trade in well - marbled Black Angus for ground turkey wraps just yet.

Marvel's Black Panther attracted huge crowds over President's Day weekend, resulting in a record - setting box - office haul.

I think there were some people in this country who thought that all was well because of the symbolism of our first black president.

According to The New York Times, the young leader served as her school's student body president in high school, was the captain of her volleyball team, started her school's Black Student Union and spent her high school summers volunteering at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.

In this Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black discusses the provincial government's decision to increase B.C.'s minimum wage to $ 11.25 by next fall.

In today's issue of The Province newspaper, Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black writes about Ottawa's proposed tax changes and the #HitThePauseButton campaign.

In this Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black unveils the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's five inaugural Pillar Partners.

In this Message to Members, Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black discusses the federal government's proposed changes to business taxes.

The letter, which was sent by Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black, aims to «assist the region's Mayors in the preparation of a regional transportation vision.»

In this Message to Members, The Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, discusses what Greater Vancouver's business community can expect from some of Canada's newly appointed cabinet ministers.

In August 2011, The Board of Trade announced the appointment of new President and CEO Iain Black.

Under the leadership of Chair Elio Luongo and President and CEO Iain Black, The Vancouver Board of Trade also restored its balance sheet in 2014, eliminating its deficit within just two years — a full three years ahead of a board - approved plan.

In a Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black shares a brief overview of Federal Budget 2018 and four key highlights for the B.C. business community.

«Kanye looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it's been in the history of our country... he sees that and he's smart, and he says Trump is doing a much better job than the Democrats did,» the president added.

There are several elements that will serve our small business community, and our female Members in particular,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

«Balancing the budget for a fourth year in a row --- while other provinces grapple with debt, deficits, and economic uncertainty — is an accomplishment that gives the business community reassurance that B.C. is on the correct course,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

«The TPP will provide increased and privileged market access for Canadian exports, services and investments in one of the world's most dynamic economic regions, which represents nearly 40 per cent of the world's economy,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

«There isn't a government of any political stripe in this country who wouldn't want to deliver today's budget,» says Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, participated in a pre-NAFTA delegation on January 22 in Montreal that brought together the leaders of chambers of commerce from across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

«It's clear government has listened to our concerns and acted to make sure that we can fund transit and transportation in a way that has the least impact on small business,» states Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade, echoed Austin's sentiments and commended both Manning and Austin for their work in recruiting new board members and emphasizing diversity.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

Cleveland pastor Darrell Scott, one of the president's most prominent black allies, says the idea of bringing in artists and athletes to hash out their differences with Trump has gotten a boost from last week's lovefest between the president and Kanye West.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

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Black Panther entered the fray with a record breaking President's Day weekend opening of $ 242 million in domestic box office sales.

«We are thrilled that Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States, will join the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade in an afternoon moderated conversation,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

«Today's announcement is a meaningful step forward for the future of mobility in our region,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

«Social Security is not always a black - and - white answer,» says Jennifer Landon, founder and president of Journey Financial Services in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

To the GOP she is just a black person to use to help their cause to bring down the president (that black on black thing) The GOP do not want Mia in their party but they see they can use her so they will tolerate her.

He will go down in history, not only as the first Black President, but one of the greatest.

Excuse me for not playing the «PC game», but the elephant in this particular room was that, yes, America may have been ready for a BLACK president, but NO WAY was it ready for a MORMON president.

In fact, when I searched the web for «Catholic» and «Bishop» and «Trayvon» and «Zimmerman» and «verdict» over the past week, I found only one bishop on the record: Retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola - Tallahassee, Florida, now president of the National Black Catholic Congress.

The Harvard president said she would allow the black Mass to continue, citing the value of free expression on campus, but planned attend a prayer ceremony Monday night at St. Paul's Church in Cambridge.