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Melanie Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) was on CNN Saturday morning regarding the Democratic Presidential Debates, “Black women are really tuning in. We don’t want people to placate us...We know we are the core for the Democratic Party. We are listening very intently.”
Outside the Senate Judiciary hearing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh, NCBCP President & BWR Convener Melanie Campbell joined her Civil Rights colleagues and members of the Congressional Black Caucus in a press conference urging that the Senate reject Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination. #StopKavanaugh!!!
Donald Trump and the Republicans have hand picked Judge Brett Kavanaugh as their nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court to further their ultraconservative agenda. Judge Kavanaugh's record clearly shows that he is a threat to the rights and protections that have driven African American progress over the last 50 years with attacks on Affirmative Action, Voting Rights and Workplace Equity. Here is what NCBCP President and BWR Convener Melanie Campbell has to say about the o#STOPKAVANAUGH movement.
Sirius XM host, Mark Thompson, interviews four surviving 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strikers and labor activist Bill Lucy about the strike and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who came to Memphis to support them. #IAM2018
Representative Eleanor Norton, named one of the 100 most important women in America shares remarks at todays Working People's Day of Action protest. #IAM2018
Working People's Day of Action will span today in 27 cities, coast-to-coast. Michael Artz, who has lived in Washington, DC for 20 years, shares his reasons why he is here today. #IAM2018
“People could die because of the current politicalization of the Mueller investigation!” In his weekly social media commentary for GLOBAL, political and legal strategist, A. Scott Bolden, explains the Nunes “Memo Drama.” He also asks, “Why is Trump fighting so hard against the investigation moving forward?” Follow Scott on Twitter, @asbthelaw.
The NFL Players Association recognized “Black History Month” at a Super Bowl press conference this week in Minneapolis by honoring Echol Cole and Robert Walker, the now-famous Memphis Sanitation Workers killed 50 years ago, sparking the Memphis Sanitation strike that brought Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to that city in 1968.
“At first I said, ‘Oh, Hell no!’ But despite the fact that 54% of the white women in America voted for Donald Trump, when it came to the Women’s March, we understood the bigger need for us to show support for the Black women’s leadership involved in that March.” Melanie Campbell, President of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, discusses the challenges she faced in showing her support for a movement that many in the Black community called “just another white women’s march.” The discussion took place at the “Politics and Prose” bookstore in Washington, DC during a promotional event for a book on the March entitled “Together We Rise, The Women’s March, Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World.”
Now that the Federal Government is “open” again, at least until February 8, the real issue in Congress is “Does America really care about DACA and the Dreamers?” National political and legal strategist, A. Scott Bolden, explains the winners and losers in the recent Government Shutdown “drama” in Washington. Follow Scott on Twitter, @asbthelaw.
“All hope is gone!” In an exclusive interview, the surviving Memphis Striking Sanitation Workers, Elmore Nickleberry, Ozell Ueal and Rev. Cleophus Smith talk about the mood in Memphis when it became known that Dr. Martin Luther King had been assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. The surviving strikers were recognized for their courage on Monday, January 15, during a live broadcast of the 49th NAACP “Image Awards” in Pasadena, CA.
“A dream must carry on...Don’t stand still...We are still fighting” are the words of surviving Memphis Sanitation Workers Elmore Nickleberry, Ozell Ueal and Rev. Cleophus Smith with regard to the loss of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In an exclusive interview, they talked about the circumstances surrounding the pivotal Memphis Sanitation Workers strike of 1968 that Dr. King supported when he was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. The surviving strikers were recognized for their courage on Monday, January 15, during a live broadcast of the 49th NAACP “Image Awards” in Pasadena, CA.
“When Dr. King came to Memphis, we felt there was hope,” said surviving Memphis Sanitation Workers Elmore Nickleberry, Ozell Ueal and Rev. Cleophus Smith. In an exclusive interview, they talked about the circumstances surrounding the pivotal Memphis Sanitation Workers strike of 1968 that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supported when he was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. The surviving strikers were recognized for their courage on Monday, January 15, during a live broadcast of the 49th NAACP “Image Awards” in Pasadena, CA.
Is President Donald Trump a racist? “Yes he is,” responds Melanie Campbell, President of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR). Ms. Campbell discussed Trump’s disparaging remarks about people of color while talking about the earthquake in Haiti eight years ago and the upcoming celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday.
There is a lot of “Mueller Noise” being generated regarding the Special Prosecutor investigating the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the Russians, says legal and political strategist A. Scott Bolden. This is a sign that “Trump is trying to protect Trump,” says Bolden who thinks the investigation is getting perilously close to the president. Follow Scott on Twitter, @asbthelaw.
“Make no mistake about it, Black women were the key to the Democratic victory in Alabama on Tuesday,” says Melanie Campbell, president of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable.
Nationally recognized legal and political strategist, A. Scott Bolden, says we should all be “thankful” that we’ve survived Donald Trump’s attempts at a dictatorship, so far. Bolden also addresses the sexual harassment “cloud” hanging over Washington, as well as the rest of the nation. Follow Scott on Twitter, @asbthelaw.
“Lies have no details...Roy Moore, you’ve got to go.” National legal and political strategist, A. Scott Bolden, offers his opinion on the scandal in Alabama where Republican Senatorial candidate, Roy Moore, refuses to get out of the race after details regarding his sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl, while he was in his 30s, have been made public. Follow Scott on Twitter, @asbthelaw.
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, 18th Congressional District of Texas with remarks on reactions to "Taking A Knee". 20th Anniversary Spirit of Democracy Awards Ceremony.
Live at the Spirit of Democracy 20th Annual Awards ceremony! Celebrating the Diversity of our Democracy. Amazing sound by "The Top5 Band".