Patricia Hill is the Executive Director for the African American Police League Salim Muwakkil senior editor for In These Times one of the countrys most insightful writers on issues of African-American culture and politics. He is also a Crime and Communities Media
Campaigning as an unapologetic progressive, the Rev. Jesse Jackson reframed, renewed and refashioned US politics with a pair of campaigns for the Democratic presidential nominations of 1984 and 1988. Those campaigns broke new ground in American politics, showing that it was possible to leap lines of race, gender, sexuality and class to form coalitions that had not previously been imagined possible. Jackson’s presidential runs also brought hundreds of thousands of new voters–especially young and African American voters–onto the rolls. The legacy of those campaigns, and those coalitions, formed the basis for a new politics that helped elect Barack Obama America’s first black president. This video tells that story. As we celebrate our progress, it is vital to recall the campaigns that brought us to this place.
Over 1500 Black Babies Per Day Are Killed In The USA / Pro-Life Anti-Abortion Video. Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics kill over 1500 black babies a day in the United States. Almost 80% of Planned Parenthood’s Abortion Clinics are located in minority neighborhoods. The taxes of hard working Black Americans help fund Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood was founded by Margaret Sanger, who once visited and gave a speech to the Ku Klux Klan and also created her famous “Negro Project” in 1939. Although only 13 percent of American women are black, they account for about 35 percent of the abortions in the USA. The Christian Defense Coalition (CDC) has launched a campaign called “Barack Obama: The Abortion President” highlighting what it says is Sen. Barack Obama’s position that taxpayers should fund abortions. The Christian Defense Coalition claims that last year, according to the Chicago Tribune, Obama said his proposal for expanded access to health insurance would cover “reproductive health services.” An Obama spokesperson contacted afterward said that would include abortions. The Obama campaign’s web site says the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee “has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President.” Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, in a press release criticized Obama’s position, saying, “Senator Obama talks about bringing hope …
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