Read more African-Americans stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29435/african-americans.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:12:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72827/obama-honors-senate-trailblazer-brooke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of people packed into the Capitol Rotunda yesterday to honor Edward Brooke, the Massachusetts politician who in 1967 became the first black senator since Reconstruction. Now 90, Brooke was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the legislature's highest honor. Sitting to his right was another trailblazer—President Obama, who had...http://www.newser.com/story/72827/obama-honors-senate-trailblazer-brooke.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 3:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65846/african-americans-must-get-angry-about-racial-profiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHenry Louis Gates and Barack Obama have been “very publicly slapped down for speaking up and speaking out about police misbehavior,” but African-Americans “need to roar out their anger at such treatment,” Bob Herbert writes in the New York Times . Gates, not the officer who arrested him, is in the...http://www.newser.com/story/65846/african-americans-must-get-angry-about-racial-profiling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 11:35:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64467/stimulus-cash-isnt-making-it-to-hard-hit-minorities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith unemployment at 14.7% among African Americans and 12.2% among Hispanics, the recession is hitting minority communities particularly hard. But as is often the case with so-called “colorblind” spending, stimulus funds, intended to be equal-opportunity, aren’t making it to these groups. The government must “start targeting recovery efforts...http://www.newser.com/story/64467/stimulus-cash-isnt-making-it-to-hard-hit-minorities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 13:58:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61990/us-gets-its-first-black-female-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week Alysa Stanton was ordained as a rabbi at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, one of the country's oldest synagogues, and a little history was made—the US had its first black female leader of a Jewish congregation. Stanton, born a Pentecostal Christian, converted in 1987, enduring hostility...http://www.newser.com/story/61990/us-gets-its-first-black-female-rabbi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 6:43:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55423/time-to-get-tough-on-obama-say-some-blacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe made history on January 20—but some black politicos say the honeymoon is over with President Obama, the Washington Post reports. Taking the president to task will ultimately help him lead, says talk show host Tavis Smiley. “History is not enough,” notes black media personality Jeff Johnson. But many...http://www.newser.com/story/55423/time-to-get-tough-on-obama-say-some-blacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 10:11:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54355/blacks-still-unequal-in-us-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough a black family occupies the White House, inequality between African-Americans and whites persists in the US, a study by the Urban League says. Blacks are twice as likely to be jobless, three times more likely to be poor, six times more likely to have spent time in prison. A...http://www.newser.com/story/54355/blacks-still-unequal-in-us-report.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 13:36:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52836/couple-buys-black-owned-only-in-ebony-experiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Chicago family is trying to use its household spending to invest in the black community by buying exclusively from black-owned businesses for 1 year, the Tribune reports. The Andersons’ ambitious “Ebony Experiment” has them driving 14 miles for groceries (and farther for other stuff) and has earned hate mail...http://www.newser.com/story/52836/couple-buys-black-owned-only-in-ebony-experiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 15:32:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50274/black-dc-vies-for-first-couples-attention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom churches to hair salons, Washington’s black institutions are gunning for the Obamas’ patronage, the Washington Post reports. Many in the largely black city feel a sense of camaraderie with the first couple—and know that making a connection with the town's hottest celebrities would be “a tremendous social coup,...http://www.newser.com/story/50274/black-dc-vies-for-first-couples-attention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 10:47:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49950/black-leaders-pin-high-hopes-on-new-ag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor decades, black men have been arrested, convicted, and sentenced to execution at disproportionate rates. Now, with the appointment of the country's first African-American attorney general, black leaders are hoping Eric Holder will help the Justice Department reform what they see as a broken system. "The most important thing is...http://www.newser.com/story/49950/black-leaders-pin-high-hopes-on-new-ag.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 9:23:53 CST