Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Roberto Joseph, currently an Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology in the Curriculum and Teaching Department of the School of Education, Health and Human Services at Hofstra University. Hear him ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 1:45PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - Kendrick Meek today released the following statement following reports that President Obama plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court:
"As the daughter of a public school teacher and a lawyer who de ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 9:48AM
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On behalf of my family, I wanted to extend a Happy Mother's Day greeting to your family. We all celebrate our grandmothers and mothers, aunts and sisters every day of the year, but Mother's Day is special for so many reasons. Throughout my life, stro ...
Posted Monday, May 10th 2010 at 9:44AM
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http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/in-the-know/36-news/3995-meek-saves-schakowsky-from-choking-on-a-turkey-sandwich-
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) performed the Heimlich maneuver on Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) last month to keep her from choking on ...
Posted Saturday, May 8th 2010 at 11:37AM
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Miami Gardens, FL - Kendrick Meek released the following statement following the announcement that the U.S. economy added 290,000 jobs in April. Analysts expected a gain of about 190,000 jobs last month. The statement follows:
"The heavy burden o ...
Posted Friday, May 7th 2010 at 9:41AM
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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/96375-dems-propose-massive-increase-in-oil-company-liability-from-75-m-to-10b
Congressional Democrats are pushing their first legislative response to the Gulf Coast oil spill, proposing to vastly raise the liabili ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:17PM
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Several House and Senate Democrats rolled out legislation Wednesday that bars new offshore oil exploration until the federal investigation into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is complete and a report identifying ways to prevent future accidents is issu ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:12PM
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/06/1615462/drilling-becomes-issue-in-senate.html
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Kendrick Meek Wednesday backed two tough anti-oil industry bills, as the spill in the Gulf of Mexico began to emerge as a political dividing lin ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 3:07PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - While Speaker Rubio has perpetually pushed for drilling off Florida's beaches and Governor Crist has consistently changed his position on offshore drilling depending on the office he was seeking, Kendrick Meek has always stood s ...
Posted Thursday, May 6th 2010 at 10:06AM
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Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Margaret (Bush) Wilson. She became the second woman of the color admitted to practice law in Missouri and was a renowned lawyer. She was past board chairman of two historically black colleges and became cha ...
Posted Wednesday, May 5th 2010 at 10:33AM
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Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey has been awarded PepsiCo's Harvey C. Russell Inclusion Award. The award is part of PepsiCo's prestigious Chairman's Award, the highest honor the company bestows.
The Harvey C. Russell Inclusion A ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 3:04PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding the budget proposal passed by the Florida legislature last Friday, calling on Governor Crist to veto the proposal:
"Over the past seve ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 3:04PM
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Today, The Black Scholars features Dr. Beverly Wade Hogan, the 13th President of Tougaloo College - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/05/hbcu-presidents-dr-beverly-wade-hogan-tougaloo-college/ ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 2:48PM
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Miami Gardens, FL -- Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding the arrest of the individual who allegedly attempted to set off a car bomb in Times Square on Saturday. The statement follows:
"The arrest of the individual in New Yor ...
Posted Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 11:33AM
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Orlando, FL - Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer endorsed Kendrick Meek in Florida's U.S. Senate race today outside Orlando City Hall and praised Kendrick's lifelong commitment to public service. Last Friday, Gainesville Mayor-Elect Craig Lowe also endorsed Ke ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 1:29PM
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Miami, Fla. - Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate Kendrick Meek is launching a contest today where supporters who sign up for the campaign's text message program will be entered in a contest where the winner will have the opportunity to meet basketball ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 10:46AM
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"A very grave scenario." "Very catastrophic." That is how Federal officials are describing the situation developing in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig sunk off the coast of Louisiana last week.
Some estimate that 210,000 gal ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 9:27AM
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Miami Gardens, FL -- Kendrick Meek issued the following statement in response to Jeff Greene's misleading campaign video that claimed he had not succeeded in the real world of hard work:
"I'm running for the Senate to stop Wall Street from ever ag ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2010 at 3:11PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, the only major candidate running for U.S. Senate in Florida who has consistently opposed offshore oil drilling, issued a statement today on the worsening Gulf Coast oil spill:
"From day on ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2010 at 12:08PM
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Dear Friend,
You may have heard a ridiculous - and completely false - rumor that I'm backing Charlie Crist.
No way, no how.
I am supporting just one candidate in the Florida Senate race: Kendrick Meek.
The announcement yesterday that Cris ...
Posted Friday, April 30th 2010 at 12:01PM
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Dear Friend,
Governor Charlie Crist just announced that he's leaving the Republican Party to run as an independent. This is a major game-changer for Kendrick, and he's ready to take advantage of it, but the only way he can is with your help.
Cl ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2010 at 5:40PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S Senate candidate Kendrick Meek welcomed today's announcement by Governor Charlie Crist making Kendrick the clear front runner in the U.S. Senate race in Florida:
"This campaign is in a commanding position to defeat two Re ...
Posted Thursday, April 29th 2010 at 5:34PM
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http://www.ocala.com/article/20100426/OPINION02/100429811?p=3&tc=pg&tc=ar
On April 7, I met Kendrick Meek. “Who?” you might ask. Well, with any luck, our next senator.
Along with other members of our Community Democratic Activity Group, I was h ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2010 at 1:20PM
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Miami Gardens, Fla. - U.S Senate candidate Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding today's Senate vote on financial reform:
"Floridians are fed up with Republican leaders in the Senate and their obstructionist tactics. Wall Street ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2010 at 1:13PM
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Managed Health Services (MHS) will sponsor the Indiana Black Expo's (IBE) 40th Anniversary Family Reunion. It is a two-day Community Festival held Father's Day Weekend, on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 9am to 7pm and Sunday, June 20, 2010, from 10am t ...
Posted Wednesday, April 28th 2010 at 12:37PM
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