AV COVER STORY

LEAD STORY

Turmoil at SCLC
Board members call for officials to step down

(AP) - Several board members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are calling for the resignation of the group’s embattled chairman and treasurer, who are being investigated over allegations of financial mismanagement.
By Errin Haines - read more>>

Less stimulus for minority firms

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more closely track who receives government-financed work.
By Jesse Washington - read more>>

OPINIONS

LIFE AND STYLE

Just in Time: Obama targets HBCUs for increased spending

(NNPA) - As the proud graduate of an Historically Black University and having worked in one for most of my academic career, I approve of President Barack Obama having broken his pledge not to govern by race or ethnicity just in time to increase spending for HBCUs.  By Ron Walters - read more>>

Mo'nique's Oscar-Victory and Setback

(NNPA) - The comedienne, talk show host and actress Mo’nique has become just the fifth African- American woman to win an Oscar.

By Julianne Malveaux - read more>>

Life is good for Lance Gross

(Our Family Wedding opens nationwide, March 12)

Lance Gross seems to be enjoying himself as he makes the rounds of press interviews at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills. Gross bounces in and out of five or six rooms filled with journalists who have come to Los Angeles to preview his new film and to interview the cast and director.
By Stan Washington - read more>>

Letter to the Editor

The U.S. census, in 2010, will be asking Black America, "Are you Black,  Negro or African American?"   Glenn  Beck made a comment on his radio show on 1-07-10, that African American is a BOGUS, PC, MADE-UP TERM... not a race.  He also asked the QUESTION who are they?  There is a book entitled LIVING WITHOUT A NAME A VIEW THROUGH BLACK EYES, written by a black retired  police officer that says that naming ourselves will eliminate the confusion associated with this issue.  Shouldn't we address our identity  concerns or are we just a bogus made-up race?  What is our response?   Are we divided into 3 different groups or shall we come together to name ourselves and become a collective group/name?