Obama One Year In

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VIA:  MSNBC When she moved to the nation’s most prestigious address, Michelle Obama’s husband told her that rough times were ahead. The country was in recession, people were out of work, the political parties were in open warfare — and the man who was going to be blamed for it all was President Barack Obama. […]

July 2nd, 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.  The signing of this act was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since reconstruction.  The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion or national origin.  See President Johnson’s remarks on the signing of this bill:

On October 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first African American student to enroll at the University of  Mississippi.  President Kennedy had to send 5,000 federal troops after rioting broke out.  Check out some footage from that day below:

Check out the 411 on Radio One Chairwoman and Founder Cathy Hughes:

Check out our gallery of African American Political Firsts.  Without the work of the late great Dr. Martin Luther King none of this would be possible!  Enjoy!

There are several African Americans that have made strides for us in media, check out this gallery that pays tribute to a few of those people:

Marge Jackson is vice president of marketing for Comcast Cable’s Eastern Division. In this role, Jackson is responsible for developing and leading the competitive strategy for the full Division. In addition, she oversees and manages the Product Marketing campaigns and leads the Division TV/direct marketing Marcomm strategy. Jackson joined Comcast in 1998 and has held […]

Payne Brown is Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at cable giant Comcast Corporation. Comcast is the nation’s largest cable television and broadband provider. The Company also owns several cable channels including, the Golf Channel, E!, Style, G4 and a substantial stake in TV One, a network targeting adult African Americans.  He serves on the cable […]