Sentences with phrase «by black leaders»

But Clark worries that stand - alone schools that aren't part of a larger network and that are headed by black leaders, tend to get short shrift when it comes to funding and support.

«The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975» is a fascinating documentary, with the help of some commentary from the present day, that contains footage shot by Swedish broadcast crews of interviews and speeches by black leaders with highlights including Stokely Carmichael interviewing his mother, Eldridge Cleaver in exile in Algiers, Angela Davis in a jail cell on trumped up charges, and one great poem I wish I could remember.

Senator Klein said: «Black History Month provides an opportunity to not just reflect and recognize the achievements of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, but also the contributions made by black leaders in their local communities.

The dictates of political advocacy require that personal inadequacies among blacks be attributed to «the system,» and that emphasis by black leaders on self - improvement be denounced as irrelevant, self - serving, dishonest.

Not exact matches

On one side towers Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China's e-commerce market leader, embodied by the black cat mascot of its Tmall platform.

In the hit film Black Panther, financial leaders» success is measured by the legacy inherited by their successors.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley's vice chairman of wealth management and senior client adviser, says that leaders often fail black women by not being candid about how their direct reports can improve at work, advance in their careers, or course - correct when something goes wrong.

In the past year, Google has increased its percentages of female employees, female leaders, black employees and Hispanics by a mere 1 %, it says.

By skipping a recent leaders» debate, Doug Ford learned nothing and that means the Black community is as endangered as before because the absent politician is poised to become the one with the most authority to impact their lives, Royson James writes.

The Conservative leader skipped a recent leaders debate organized by the Black community, Royson James writes, even as Premier Kathleen Wynne and others attended.

By evoking past suffering and current deprivations experienced by the ghetto poor, some black leaders seek to feed the guilt, and worse, the pity of the white establishmenBy evoking past suffering and current deprivations experienced by the ghetto poor, some black leaders seek to feed the guilt, and worse, the pity of the white establishmenby the ghetto poor, some black leaders seek to feed the guilt, and worse, the pity of the white establishment.

Shut off from the rest of the world, the leaders of Wakanda are united by their newly - throned king, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), who rules as the mythic «Black Panther,» a warrior with supernaturally improved reflexes, strength, agility and a tech - powered vibranium suit.

The Belhar Confession, originally drafted in 1982 and formally adopted in 1986 by the DRMC of South Africa, came about as white and black Christian leaders wrestled with the gospel and the unjust social systems of their land.

Only in our time has the notion been advanced that «authentic» black leaders should be unencumbered by the need to assuage white opinion.

Leaders like Sharpton are the natural consequence of the abandonment by more respectable black advocates of that cardinal principle which Washington understood so well.

Black leaders also have much to answer for in allowing the interests of black Americans to be taken hostage by elite and well - funded organizations pushing causes unrelated to, frequently alien to, American blBlack leaders also have much to answer for in allowing the interests of black Americans to be taken hostage by elite and well - funded organizations pushing causes unrelated to, frequently alien to, American blblack Americans to be taken hostage by elite and well - funded organizations pushing causes unrelated to, frequently alien to, American blacks.

His comments provoked demands by some black Southern Baptist leaders for censure of Land by the SBC; today many, including Fred Luter who is expected to become the denomination's first African American president this month, have accepted the apologies.

Associated with this policy were various statements by church leaders tying the policy to their view of scripture, and opining that black men and women had inherited the curse of Ham.

If the Black Muslim call for the establishment of «a separate state or territory» supported by the government once sounded improbable, it sounds almost rational today as some ethnic leaders and intellectuals rationalize and legitimate political and ideological group claims.

They did little while the older guard was still alive, but once the senior leaders who practiced racism (e.g. by excluding black denominations from the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America) died or went into retirement they exposed the problem and proposed a radical solution: disband the PFNA and ask African - American Pentecostal leaders to start a new umbrella association for Pentecostal cooperation and, if they wanted to, to invite white Pentecostals into it.

At present the field is in a period of confusion and revaluation as indicated by Cecil Cone's Identity Crisis in Black Theology (1975), Warner Traynham's lectures on black theology (1977) and Peter Paris's Black Leaders in Conflict (1Black Theology (1975), Warner Traynham's lectures on black theology (1977) and Peter Paris's Black Leaders in Conflict (1black theology (1977) and Peter Paris's Black Leaders in Conflict (1Black Leaders in Conflict (1978).

The Apartheid system in Africa; the African liberation leader Nelson Mandela is trying to liberate the black people who are greatly repressed by the white people.

Her toughest competition should come from Sonya Thomas, who is also known by her first - rate nicknames including «The Black Widow» and «The Leader of the Four Horsemen of the Esophagus.»

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Despite the recent attempt by the Cuomo campaign at a rapprochement with the Rev. Al Sharpton, the prominent black leader publicly announced over the weekend that he will be voting for NYC Councilman Charles Barron for governor on the Freedom Party line.

Paging Jerry Skurnik...) were present for the get - together of black and Caribbean pols that was organized by Rep. Yvette Clarke and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson.

Paterson was replaced as minority leader by Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith, who made history in 2009 when the Democrats wrested control of the majority from the GOP and he became the chamber's first black majority leader.

In January, 2010 Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, a Pro-Life activist and a leader of the black community held a Pro-Life rally in Manhattan side - by - side with Chris Slattery of Expectant Mother Care where she encouraged opposition to Bill 371.

While overwhelmingly Democratic African - American voters have received considerable attention from Clinton during the campaign, black leaders refused to reciprocate by coming to her defense when she and her husband came under attack, the source charged.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

Liang's initial guilty verdict was celebrated by Gurley's family and many black community leaders but panned by many in the Asian community including Councilwoman Margaret Chin.

And his influence extends beyond his members: Mr. Seabrook has been known to throw his weight behind an interesting array of candidates from both parties and was rumored (by Rudy Giuliani) to be supporting Donald Trump — for whom an endorsement from a black union leader would amount to big news.

At the very least, by letting Paterson know he will not have the backing of the White House, and the world's most important black leader, Obama's easing pressure on Cuomo.

Spitzer, by contrast, has received no significant black endorsements, although he was briefly backed late last month by the Rev. Floyd Flake, a former Queens congressman, until Flake, under pressure from Democratic leaders, changed his mind a few days later.

Black and Latino leaders are particularly ticked off by the perception that the Assembly leadership is going out of its way to deliver for Queens Democratic Chairman / Rep.

A meeting of black leaders was convened last weekend in Mt. Vernon by the Rev. Al Sharpton and attended by people like former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (Cuomo's primary opponent in 2002), political consultants Bill Lynch and Roberto Ramirez (who got caught up in Cuomo's pension fund pay - to - play probe), Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Senate President Malcolm Smith, Rep. Greg Meeks and the NAACP's Hazel Dukes.

PS, The reason why you got your N ---- ass kicked (politically) by Jamaal Nelson when you ran for district leader is because Black people in Harlem can smell the B --- in you.

Buoyed by his unprecedented victory, Republican leaders revived the old lily - white southern strategy in an attempt to permanently capture the South for the G.O.P. Basically, this policy required purging black Republicans from leadership positions in the southern wing of the G.O.P. and replacing them with respectable, business - oriented southern whites....

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State.»

This ad features black - and - white stills of the former state comptroller and ex-governor (pictured at a scrum with Cuomo by his side) as well as the scandal - scarred Senate majority leader, who is fighting for his political life against his establishment - backed primary challenger, Gustavo Rivera.

Two months to the day before Dan Loeb accused Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins of doing more harm to people of color than the KKK, the billionaire hedge fund manager was scolding Richard Buery, one of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's most senior black officials, about his apparent ignorance of the obstacles faced by black children in the city.

At the same time, the campaign is developing an «urban agenda» after concerns were raised by a group of black and Latino political leaders during a meeting this month in Mount Vernon, Westchester County.

Johnson said the CBC and black voters should use their leverage as a voting bloc to work with Trump instead of always toeing the Democratic line and being taken for granted by party leaders.

The governor, say the aides, will start by mobilizing support from prominent black leaders, including Al Sharpton.

We are very fortunate that Senator Klein has remained committed for 22 years, to celebrating Black History Month by paying tribute to leaders who strive to make a difference in the community.

Black rule was inevitable, and Carrington brokered a peaceful solution at the Lancaster House conference in December 1979, attended by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, as well as the key black leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah TongoBlack rule was inevitable, and Carrington brokered a peaceful solution at the Lancaster House conference in December 1979, attended by Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, as well as the key black leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah Tongoblack leaders: Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah Tongogara.

Black leaders in Harlem looking to support another candidate, possibly Harlem Assemblyman and Manhattan Democratic leader Keith Wright, were stunned by Rangel's appearance for Powell.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- The deal Democratic House leaders struck with a group of conservative Blue Dogs Democrats Wednesday was not embraced by one leading liberal House Democrat: Rep. Barbara Lee, D - California, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.