- Again, a club says it’s being targeted because of customers’ race – JSOnline
- Milwaukee nightclub owner Robert Cesarz called to accuse the city of trying to shut down his business.
- “If you want a real story about racism in downtown Milwaukee, I’ve got one for you!” he said in a voice mail.
- After hearing he owned a club in downtown Milwaukee that catered to an African-American crowd, I had a pretty good hunch what his story was about. …
- “It has to do with the perception of the kind of clientele that comes to the club,” said Arena…
- …it’s a familiar situation for anyone who has noticed the curious racial dynamics of downtown nightclubs in this city where there are black clubs, Latino clubs and white clubs that never seem to coexist.
- Herman Cain Apologizes to Muslim Leaders
- On Wednesday, Cain met with four Muslim leaders in Sterling, Va. He said in a statement later that he was “truly sorry” for comments that may have “betrayed” his commitment to the Constitution and the religious freedom it guarantees. He also acknowledged that Muslims, “like all Americans,” have the right to freely practice their faith and that most Muslim Americans are peaceful and patriotic.
- Isaiah Washington Interview: 2011 NAACP Convention
- Actor Isaiah Washington attended the 102nd NAACP Annual Convention in Los Angeles, where he signed copies of his book, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, and chatted with The Root about civil liberties for gays, tracing his roots and how he feels about the NAACP Image Awards.
- Adopted Ethiopian Kids Thrive at Special Camp
- At the Ethiopian Heritage and Culture Camp in Virginia’s Shenandoah Mountains, some of the 2,500 Ethiopian children adopted by American families each year get to experience the food, dance and clothing of their native country. The Washington Post reports that the camp satisfied a huge demand for information about the country among adoptive parents, and it’s a hit with the kids, too:…
- Black in Latin America: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Talks to NPR
- The Root Editor-in-Chief Henry Louis Gates Jr. recently discussed his latest book and four-part documentary, Black in Latin America, on NPR’s Fresh Air With Terry Gross. In Black in Latin America, Gates highlights the impact of the slave trade on countries south of the border, such as Mexico, Brazil and Cuba, and its lasting effects on Latin America’s cultural history.
- Central Park Dig: Black Town Unearthed
- There was a huge development this summer for the anthropologists and historians who have been piecing together the history of an African-American community that was snuffed out in the 1850s by the creation of Central Park. The New York Times reports that they finally won permission from the city to excavate an area near 85th Street where evidence of the former residents’ lives is buried.
- About two-thirds of the residents of Seneca Village were African American, while the rest were mostly Irish. The community was settled in the 1820s, a few years before slavery was abolished in New York. Despite old news reports that the village was a squatter camp, it was actually made up of working- and middle-class property owners.
- Jacob Zuma: Chief Justice Controversy Brewing
- …constitutional expert Pierre de Vos is calling South African President Jacob Zuma’s extension of Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo’s term of office unconstitutional. …
- Amid all of the controversy, on Wednesday, Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe announced that Ngcobo had withdrawn his decision to accept the extension of his term of office, and Zuma had accepted it. He did not think it was proper to accept the extension while the case was in litigation. You think?
- Howard Creecy Jr., SCLC President, Dead at 57
- The civil rights community has lost Howard Creecy Jr., the Atlanta pastor who stepped up to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference after Bernice King — daughter of SCLC co-founder Martin Luther King Jr. — declined to lead the civil rights organization (link).
- Ben Jealous Interview: 2011 NAACP Convention
- NAACP President Benjamin Jealous spoke with The Root during the 102nd NAACP Annual Convention in Los Angeles. He says President Obama “gets it,” stresses the urgency of fighting voter-ID laws and explains the definition of “employment discrimination 2.0.”
- Alex Trebek: Crime-Fighter – The Bay Citizen
- “Jeopardy” host tears Achilles tendon chasing down burglar at San Francisco hotel; suspect is 56-year-old woman
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