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Greetings Everyone! We are officially back for our hiatus as we allowed time for our staff to finish this past semester. We are pleased to be back with daily features of Black Scholars - we actuall

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Ronald Walters, Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. Dr. Ronald Walters is one of the most articulate and internati

Dear Friend, Charlie Crist likes to think of himself as a newly-minted No Party Affiliation candidate, but he can't run away from his Republican past. Just Wednesday, Jim Greer, the man Governor

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - U.S. Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek made national news this week as Time Magazine, NPR, Politico and the White House commented on Kendrick Meek's strong position in th

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, today issued a statement following reports that the jobless rate fell to 9.7%: "Today's news makes me cautiously optimisti

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127406040 One of the most closely watched elections this fall will be for the open Senate seat in Florida. Up to now, most of the attention has

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1994060,00.html It's only June, but Florida's three-way U.S. Senate contest is already shaping up as a race to remember. It will have Republican Mar

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Ronald Mallett. He is the 79th African-American to get a PhD in Physics, is a Physics Professor at the University of Connecticut, and is a Time Travel Res

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - The affidavit released after the arrest of Governor Crist's handpicked Republican party chairman Jim Greer raises some serious questions about the governor's interaction with Gre

Fergenia H. Hood, was named 2010 Mississippi Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Ambassador for her dedication to the RIF mission and exemplary volunteer record at ICS Head Start. “I am very excited about

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congresswoman and Civit Rights Activist - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/eleanor-holmes-norton-congresswoman-civil-rights-act

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - The Kendrick Meek for Florida campaign released the following statement regarding today's arrest of Jim Greer, Governor Charlie Crist's handpicked chairman of the Republican Part

Check me out when you can - http://spotlight.macfound.org/btr/entry/teaching_people_work_together_digital_media_learning_competition_winners/ Also, please vote for our project as the People's Choic

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek released the following statement regarding today's news that the Justice Department plans to launch a civil and criminal investigation into the BP spill: "Launch

http://www.dailycommercial.com/053010Meek LEESBURG -- U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Miami), the Democratic candidate who is now seeking his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate, did more than hand o

http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2010/may/29/291634/senate-candidate-meek-comes-brooksville/ BROOKSVILLE - Local Democrats showed up Saturday afternoon to meet their frontrunner for the U.S. S

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Helen T. McAlpine, 3rd President of J. F. Drake State Technical College - http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/06/hbcu-presidents-dr-

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, today issued the following statement on Memorial Day: "Today, we honor the courageous men and women in uniform who have gi

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If you haven't already, pls vote for 'Teens Designing Android Apps' for The Digital Media & Learning Competition - People's Choice Award - http://www.dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=106

Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte, NC is giving full scholarships to students with a GPA of 3.5 and above. JCSM, looking NOW for scholars for the Golden Scholar Program, is listed as a Histor

Miami Gardens, Fla. - The Kendrick Meek campaign released a web video today showing Governor Charlie Crist applauding the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy only to flip his position just t

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - Kendrick Meek, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement today after President Obama announced a six-month ban on drilling new deepwater oil wells:

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - People For The American Way Voters Alliance endorsed Kendrick Meek today citing his lifelong fight for a woman's right to choose and his support for public education. The announ

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. - On Monday, the White House announced it would back a vote to repeal the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy which has prevented gays and lesbians from openly serving in the