James Farmer Jr. is, perhaps, most well-known as the founder of The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) whose tactics were the backbone of The Civil Rights Movement. Having been influenced by the passive, non-violent resistance techniques of Mohandas K. Gandhi of India, Farmer imparted the principles of non-violent resistance to his disciples drilling into them the error of using aggression in The Civil Rights Movement

By Nadra Enzi Black Republicans would do well to distance themselves from the popular view, rightly and otherwise, that they are chocolate-covered clones of Pat Buchanan, a commentator routinely thought to be THE “racist White male Republican” in many Black and progressive circles. Conservative and right of center thought isn’t gross copycatting of reactionary rhetoric. [...]

BBC Radio featured Richard Ivory the owner of HHR and other prominent black Republicans in New York on how to strengthen the GOP as many African American are drawn to support President-elect Barack Obama. Clck Here to Listen Live Black Republicans NY Wells pack.mp3 4148K Play Download

By Richard Ivory  Some interesting reading I happened to stumble upon while glancing the Wall Street Journals Online edition. Karl Rove the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President Bush has an interesting article in which he actually mentions the number of black Republicans who voted this year for Barrack Obama. I [...]

Race has thrust its way back on to the national scene as a topic of dialogue in light of recent events in the campaign. I, for one, think some of the statements being made about Senator Obama with a wink-and-nod give me pause for the ugly underbelly of American politics they appeal to.