African Americans

Invitation to Take Survey on Immigration Forum

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

The Equal Justice Society, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Latino Issues Forum, Greenlining Institute and Centro Legal de la Raza would like to once again thank the participants for their interest in our July 31 panel, “Immigration and the Black Community: Conflict of Common Interest?” held at the Oakland Museum.

Special Thanks to Our Immigration and the Black Community Panelists and Links to Their Bios

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I wanted to once again thank our co-sponsors, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Latino Issues Forum, Greenlining Institute and Centro Legal de la Raza. I want to also give a special thank you to the students of R.I.S.E., who provide Spanish translation throughout the program.
I also wanted to thank the members of Lucha Unida […]

Feedback on Immigration and the Black Community

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

I wanted to say thank you to our audience, panelists, and cosponsors for coming out last night. In the next days and weeks we are hoping to continue the discussion on these important topics, and will be providing additional information, resources and commentary. We really hope that as many people and as many […]

Intent Doctrine: Its Relationship to Seattle and Louisville School Cases and the Need to Preserve Brown’s Legacy

Monday, June 25th, 2007

UPDATE JUNE 28: The Supreme Court today handed down its decision on the Seattle and Louisville schools cases. Read our statement here.
This term, the Supreme Court faces a question that it set itself on a collision course with three decades ago.[1] The Court will decide whether school districts in Seattle and Louisville can consider the […]

Gary Sheffield, Baseball and Latinos

Friday, June 8th, 2007

When Gary Sheffield recently made comments about MLB teams preferring players from Latin America to African Americans because the Latinos are seen as being less likely to stand up for themselves, many took it to be insulting to both Latinos and African Americans. However, King Kaufman has pointed out in his that Sheffield’s […]