Dear Friend,
Kendrick has spent his whole career serving the people of Florida. He kept our highways safe as a State Trooper. And he's still keeping us safe by pushing a moratorium on more oil drilling that would threaten Florida's coastline.
K ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 11:51AM
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BSI is on hiatus due to vacation and training. We'll return July 19, 2010. Until then, thanks for your support and interest. See you soon! -BSI Staff
http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/well-be-back/ ...
Posted Wednesday, June 30th 2010 at 5:08AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Julieanna L. Richardson. She is a lawyer, entrepreneur, founder and executive director of The HistoryMakers - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/julieanna-l-richardson-founder-and-executive-director-th ...
Posted Monday, June 28th 2010 at 5:18PM
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Greetings Everyone!
We are glad to celebrate a year of bringing you daily features this week. That's right, the current format (website layout and daily features) has been in existence one year as of June 22nd. We totally appreciate your support a ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 7:44PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. -- Kendrick Meek released the following statement after Republicans in the U.S. Senate successfully blocked an extension of unemployment benefits to Floridians struggling to find work:
"Yesterday, Republican leaders in the Sena ...
Posted Friday, June 25th 2010 at 3:44PM
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Dear Friend,
Almost 20 years ago, when I first met Kendrick Meek, I knew he had the potential to become a strong leader and a fine public servant.
Kendrick has spent the last two decades faithfully serving the people of Florida, staying true to ...
Posted Friday, June 25th 2010 at 11:51AM
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Every Friday, BSI features one of the scholars listed in our Black Scholars Directory. Today we feature Dr. Alladin Ukiwe, who obtained a PhD in Finance in 2009.http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/from-our-bl ...
Posted Friday, June 25th 2010 at 11:12AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, a renowned educator, researcher, and author in Urban Education - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/dr-jacqueline-jordan-irvine-renowned-educator-author-and-researcher-in ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 8:59PM
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Former Nettleton basketball standout Blake Birks is a believer that everything works out according to God's plan.
But even though he feels like his signing with Rust College is where he is supposed to be, it doesn't stop him from wanting to prove ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 4:23PM
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Only being and doing your B.E.S.T. is good enough. This is what has driven the author, Dr. Patricia Larkins Hicks, through the years—and which she hopes will also push others to achieve their desired results and success. In her newly published book ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 4:06PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Ft. Lauderdale Mayor John P. "Jack" Seiler and six other Broward County mayors announced their endorsements of Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate.
"Kendrick Meek has always led by rolling up his sleeves and getting the job ...
Posted Thursday, June 24th 2010 at 12:30PM
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SHOW AIR DATE: Thursday, June 24th, 2010:
In this show, we will discuss the tendency of non-Caucasian people to "act white". What does it mean to act white and is that term not appropriate. When someone acts white, what does it mean they are doing? Are the less intelligent calling it that, when people try to be more intelligent and proper when interfacing with others? Should it be called acting intelligent rather than acting white? Feel free to call in with your thoughts. ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 5:55PM
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SHOW AIR DATE: Thursday, June 17th, 2010:
This week we talk about the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in America. There are officially 105 HBCUs in America and US Territories. Every one has had some significant im ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 5:40PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding President Obama's decision to relieve General McChrystal from his position as top commander in Afghanistan:
"President Obama made a strong and decisive move in exercisi ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 2:36PM
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Dear Friend,
The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the Florida Senate race couldn't be more different.
On one hand, you've got Kendrick Meek, who's been running an aggressive, smart grassroots campaign. Instead of plunking d ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 11:26AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Erich Caulfield. He is a 2010-2011 White House Fellow, Chief Policy Advisor for the City of Newark, and Alumnus of Morehouse College, and a two time graduate of MIT - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/201 ...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 at 9:47AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Michelle Howard-Vital, President of Cheyney University - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/hbcu-presidents-dr-michelle-howard-vital-cheney-university/ ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 6:41PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.- Kendrick Meek released the following statement criticizing today's court decision to block the offshore drilling moratorium:
"Today's ruling by a Louisiana judge to block the six-month drilling moratorium is alarming and unwis ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 3:05PM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - The Kendrick Meek campaign reacted to Kendrick winning today's debate with Jeff Greene at the Palm Beach Post:
"Kendrick proved what we knew all along -- he is the only candidate who will fight for middle-class Florida famili ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd 2010 at 11:51AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index features Kelly Miller, the 1st African-American Graduate Student in Math, a profound leader, and the initial founder of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/201 ...
Posted Monday, June 21st 2010 at 6:53PM
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Greetings Everyone!
This coming week BSI will celebrate its first year in operation. Our first feature was Dr. Adriane Randolph, Director of the BrainLab about her work on the brain-computer interface. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2009/06/bra ...
Posted Monday, June 21st 2010 at 11:20AM
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA -- Kendrick Meek responded to BP CEO's Tony Hayward handing over oversight of the Gulf oil spill crisis:
"We are now 59 days removed from the worst environmental disaster in American history, and it is clear that BP is still fai ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 2:25PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek responded to today's news that Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.7 percent in May.
"Today's jobs numbers are a sharp reminder that too many Floridians are still struggl ...
Posted Friday, June 18th 2010 at 11:50AM
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As Governor Crist takes the stage to speak at the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors/Florida Press Association annual convention, we wanted to give everyone a quick reminder that two years ago today, Governor Crist announced his support for John Mc ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 4:45PM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Nannie Helen Burroughs, an African American educator, orator, religious leader, and businesswoman. She gained national recognition for her 1900 speech "How the Sisters Are Hindered from Helping" and her book ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2010 at 1:35PM
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