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«Despite years of effort Blacks and Latinos continue to have higher unemployment rate, lower school graduation rates, and suffer more police brutality,» White said.

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Abney said the company's brick - and - mortar and e-commerce retail customers are holding «Black Friday» sales earlier than normal this year and that UPS believes it is part of an effort by retailers to find ways to smooth out the pre-Christmas online ordering bulge.

That was the century when, during two terrible years, the Black Death killed more than a third of the population from Iceland to India, returning four more times before the era was up; when gangs of terrorists roamed and plundered Europe without hindrance; when the Hundred Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and years, the Black Death killed more than a third of the population from Iceland to India, returning four more times before the era was up; when gangs of terrorists roamed and plundered Europe without hindrance; when the Hundred Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and save.

«Project Understanding» was a two - year effort by teams of theological students, laymen, and clergymen to devise methods for reducing White racism in suburban congregations.4 The training of participants included plunges into the inner city and encounters with Black and Brown rage.

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Years of effort failed to change those laws until New York elected a black governor and a minority - led, Democrat - controlled State Senate.

The importance of V404 Cygni can best be understood by looking back some 20 years to the effort that went into finding the first convincing candidate for a black hole which, by coincidence, lies in the same part of the sky and is known as Cygnus X-1.

Black - footed ferrets, a critically endangered species native to North America, have renewed hope for future survival thanks to successful efforts by a coalition of conservationists, including scientists at Lincoln Park Zoo, to reproduce genetically important offspring using frozen semen from a ferret who has been dead for approximately 20 years.

Twice feared extinct, the Black Footed Ferret has been the focus of a coordinated recovery effort for over thirty years.

Russell has combined pathos, terror, and black comedy with a dollop of Hollywood feel - good patriotism to make one of the best studio efforts this year.

Honorable Mentions: Some of the other debuts, sophomore efforts and general step - changes that impressed us this year include: Yuval Adler's Venice 2013 title «Bethlehem ``; E.L. Katz's pitch black, gross - out «Cheap Thrills ``; Eliza Hittman's lovely, heartfelt «It Felt Like Love ``; Anthony Chen's shockingly underseen «Ilo Ilo»; Charlie MacDowell's Sundance favorite «The One I Love»; Tim Sutton's lyrical, abstract «Memphis»; David Wnendt's transgressively icky «Wetlands»; Leigh Janiak's horror debut «Honeymoon»; terrific Israeli film «Policeman» by Nadav Lapid that finally got a release this year; Hong Khao's lovely «Lilting»; Daniel Patrick Carbone's wonderful «Hide Your Smiling Faces»; and Scott Cohen's debut film «Red Knot» with Olivia Thirlby also marks him out as one to watch.

Though Disney flirted with science fiction in the years before and after, The Black Hole is their most sincere effort, and one which seems out of place alongside films like Freaky Friday and The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.

One of our favourite films from this year's London Film Festival was Scott Cooper's dazzling crime effort Black Mass, which hits UK cinemas this...

A federal judge has ended an 18 - year - old desegregation suit against the Lowndes County, Ala., schools, after declaring further efforts at integration pointless since the overwhelming majority of students in the district now are black.

Years of efforts to raise black and Hispanic enrollment at the regional school have failed, officials acknowledge.

But these schools do not play the central role in this book: they make intermittent appearances, illustrating a very detailed account of how legal efforts have failed in the 56 years since the historic Brown decision to overcome the effects of the segregation of black and poor students.

But along with a similar initiative launched last year by the administration to expand educational opportunities for Native American kids (and slowly revamp the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education), the new effort does bring attention to the low educational achievement among young black children — especially young black men — and reinforces Obama's generally laudable record as School Reformer - in - Chief.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

After years of failed desegregation efforts, black and Puerto Rican groups were demanding control of their children's education.

Most recently, SFUSD announced last week that efforts to reduce the disproportionate number of suspensions among black students has been a success, bringing them down 17 percent from last year as the district implements more proactive policies, ranging from daily check - ins to rewards for good behavior, according to a district press release.

This year the Forum urges the state to expand the program and include some of our state's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to the effort.

Kenneth Campbell, president of the Black Alliance for Educational Options, acknowledged Louisiana's racist history, but stated, «It would be a mistake to equate the current scholarship program that provides the only avenue for low - income children to escape failing schools to past efforts that supported and encouraged «white flight» 40 years ago.»

Fourteen years — and numerous reports on racial and gender achievement gaps — later, the former Chicago Public Schools Chief of Staff's grassroots efforts have fostered organizations focused on improving education for young black men such as UCLA's Black Male Institute and Success for Black black men such as UCLA's Black Male Institute and Success for Black Black Male Institute and Success for Black Black Boys.

Last year, the group instituted new member levels and services; a voluntary breeder certification program; a new spay / neuter fund; a new Specialty Ferret of the Year award (with the first awards banquet to be held in March of 2009); and ongoing fundraising and public awareness for black - footed ferret conservation effoyear, the group instituted new member levels and services; a voluntary breeder certification program; a new spay / neuter fund; a new Specialty Ferret of the Year award (with the first awards banquet to be held in March of 2009); and ongoing fundraising and public awareness for black - footed ferret conservation effoYear award (with the first awards banquet to be held in March of 2009); and ongoing fundraising and public awareness for black - footed ferret conservation efforts.

Last years Call of Duty: Ghosts was a low point for the series with a dull campaign and multiplayer that ignored the efforts of Treyarch's Black Ops II to move the franchise forward.

After years of pumping out cheap mini-game collections, publishers finally seemed to be putting some real effort into the console, with such major titles as, Call of Duty Black Ops, Sonic Colors, GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong Country Returns and so much more.

Among the periods she intends to highlight are the years 1924 to 1943, when the notion of a distinct American folk art came into public consciousness through the efforts of the Whitney Studio Club and MoMA director Alfred Barr; the long decade from the late 1960s through the early 1980s that saw both the publication of Roger Cardinal's 1972 book Outsider Art and Jane Livingston and James Beardsley's groundbreaking 1982 show «Black Folk Art in America, 1930 — 1980» at the Corcoran Gallery; and the near present, with its ongoing conversation about how to contextualize vernacular art.

It is beyond awesome that we little lumps of protoplasm squinting out at the Universe from our shaky platform in the outskirts of an insignificant galaxy can, after four decades of indefatigable effort, detect and characterize a black hole merger over a billion light years away.

Ken Ward, Jr., of the Charleston Gazette has been writing about this issue for years, and recently catalogued the industry's repeated efforts to fight safety standards that would control the mining dust that causes black lung.

In line with previous efforts by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetize lower denominated rupees last year, the committee was formed, according to The Financial Express, based on Indian authorities» apprehension of illicit money being used to trade cryptocurrencies (colloquially referred to as «black money»).

Following India's massive demonetization exercise last year — an effort to curb the spread of black money across the country — Paytm has grown its digital wallet service to a whopping 225 million users nationwide.

Decided to test the waters in the job market after several years with the same company — was very concerned that my efforts would just end up in an HR black hole (as this is my first foray into the job market in the «age of social media»...).

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