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The Florida Division of Elections today confirmed that Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign gathered enough valid petitions to be placed on the 2010 ballot, officially making Kendrick the first statew

Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to speak to your community. I'm traveling all across the state getting to know Floridians and telling them about my story. I can't talk to everyone persona

Live Oak, Fla. - U.S. Senate candidate Kendrick Meek held an economic roundtable with North Florida business owners and professionals today to discuss the state of the local economy. At the meeting, K

The BSI team will be away on travel and will continue daily features on April 19th. However, we'd love to see who you might feature while we're away. Feel free to share information on our wall about

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Charles E. Young, the 23rd President of Allen University. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/04/hbcu-presidents-dr-charles-e-you

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. David Harold Blackwell. He is a renowned mathematician /statistician and author as well as the 1st African-American to be inducted into the National Acade

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/commentary/fl-outlook-haitipolicyneeds0meek-20100405,0,1030037.story Originally printed in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel by Kendrick Meek After retur

Kendrick Meek today released the following statement regarding the economy adding 162,000 new jobs last month. "Today's long overdue news is the clearest indication yet that we're on the road from

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Mark Anthony Neal. He is professor, author, and commentator. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/04/mark-anthony-neal-professor-author-and-social-comme

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/kendrick-meek-takes-time-for-haiti.html The Miami Democrat -- who represents more Haitian Americans than any other member of Congress -- will be

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Dr. Samuel A. Floyd, Jr, a music educator and scholar. He founded the Journal and the Center for Black Music Research (CBMR). They uncover a vast history o

We just got word that the political newspaper, The Hill, has moved Kendrick's race into the "Toss-up" category. That means they have noticed our recent momentum and think Kendrick's chances of winning

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Lawrence Clark, an Assistant Professor and Math Education Researcher in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park. He has an in

All the talk about the U.S. Senate race between Gov. Charlie Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is inescapable in the conservative stronghold of Northeast Florida. But just this mor

http://www.news-press.com/article/20100329/SS15/100329058/1075/Meek-turns-in-140-000-petitions-for-U.S.-Senate-run MIAMI GARDENS — A historic and yearlong grassroots mobilizing effort wrapped up to

The nationally televised debate between Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and former state House Speaker Marco Rubio on Sunday made clear that the Republican Senate primary is going to be a knockdown, drag-o

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2010/03/kendrick-meek-ready-for-the-republicans.html Hours before he'll drop off thousands of voter signatures at elections HQ, Kendrick Meek got a few

Today, The Black Scholars Index features Dr. Eddie Moore, the 12th and current President of Virginia State University. http://www.blackscholarsindex.com/2010/03/hbcu-presidents-dr

Just checking to see who is in the UNCF Alumni Council - If my information is correct all Alumnus of Private HBCUs are automatically a part of the council upon graduation. I want to confirm this. Also

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Jacob Melvin, a 26 year old Technical Director at DreamWorks Animation. He participated in the production of software tools to enhance 'Kung Fu Panda' and 'H

Dear Friend, Huge news. Nobody in Florida has ever secured a place on the ballot for U.S. Senate by submitting petitions. Yet, moments ago, Kendrick filed the final giant stack of signatures with t

A historic and yearlong grassroots mobilizing effort wrapped up on Monday as Kendrick Meek's U.S. Senate campaign submitted over 140,000 petitions to Supervisor of Elections offices throughout Florida

Today, The Black Scholars Index celebrates Nell Irvin Painter, an author and historian currently studying to be an artist. She recently released "The History of White People," a book covered througho

By Kendrick Meek Reading Pat Rice’s column “Could Crist Declare His Independence?” (March 7) I couldn’t help but laugh at Pat’s characterization that I have positioned myself “somewhere to the left

Kendrick Meek, the leading Democratic candidate for Florida's open U.S. Senate seat, sided with his party and bashed the Republican-led state Senate's vote Thursday to put class size back on the ballo