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SUPREME COURT’S DECISION WILL The Black Stars News 2015 Annual Dinner will honor Mayor I NAwards CDinkins, R ERep. ACharles S E R AC I AL I N EQ UAL IT Y David
Rangel, Rep. Yvette Clarke, R. Donahue Peebles, Barbara By NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE for further destabilization of the Arnwine, Inez Barron, Sabrina Lamb, Dr. Rudy Crew, Stephen nation’s economy. Byrd, Supreme Alia Jones, and the Central The U.S. Court Park Five survivors of gross injustice “The Court’s decision in Biden has rejected affirmative on December 18 from 6:00pm – 10:00pm at MIST Harlem, 46 West action in university 116th Street.
gifts from the chairman of a group that asked the court to block the plan.
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York and a former chancellor of the New York public schools system.
Pioneering producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones, through their company Front Row Production, “Crushing student loan debt is a brought “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” key driver of the racialNamed wealthDesire” and and “A Streetcar opportunity gap. It has created with a multi-ethnic cast to a viciousBroadway. cycle that In forces 2016 the theymost bring “Eclipsed” with Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong ’O to Broadway.
admissions, ruling that Honorees, the so-called Central “Each honoree chosen for Park 5, are collectively and race-conscious decisions recognition has demonstrated individually heroes. They are exceptional leadership and vision in are unconstitutional. survivors of one of the ugliest David Dinkins Charles Rangel her or his respective profession or miscarriage of justice in New York’s The decision have endeavor andwill in some significant history; having been railroaded majority. She now leads The was a member of the New York measure has contributed towards a limited impact on the and unjustly convicted for a crime Transformative Justice Coalition. City Council, representing the creating a more just society in this th they did not commit and for which Arnwine was for 26 years executive 40 council district in Brooklyn, UC system, butBlack private country,” says Star News they served long prison sentences director of the Lawyers’ Committee succeeding her mother, Una S. founder publisher Milton th schools likeand Stanford ranging from seven years to 13 years for Civil Rights Under the Law. T. Clarke. In the current 114 Allimadi. “Obviously much work before being exonerated when the Congress Clarke serves on will be heavily affected. Inez Barron, honoree, formerly a needs to be done here and actual rapist confessed. They are: the Energy and Commerce State Assembly member, is now around the world.” The Supreme Court Yusef Abdus Salaam; Raymond Committee, responsible for a New York City council member The gala starts at 6:00pm with a Santana Jr., Antron McCray, Kevin consumer protection, food didn't ban affirmative and a champion of education for cocktail hour to be followed by the Richardson, and Kharey Wise. safety, energy development, public our youth. action, they banned race- There health, communications, the dinner and awards ceremonies. The Black Star News, which focuses Honoree Imhotep Gary Byrd is willaffirmative be musical entertainment by environment, and interstate and based action on investigative journalism, has Photo Source: National Urban League a legendary radio talk show host opera singer Cassandra Douglas international commerce. been featured as a result of some if and executive producer, radio DJ, and race-conscious and from harmonica phenomenon its news scoops, on CNN, The New R. Donahue Peebles, honoree, is poet, songwriter, music recording William Galison. David Dinkins is admissions. York Daily News, The New York a leading andeven founder of v. Nebraska is,developer incredibly, artist and producer, rapper, writervulnerable students to take on honored for Lifetime Achievement “Crushing
“Crushing Post, The Village Voice, and Brill’s and community activist. He begandisproportionate financial risk to Content magazine. his career as a radio DJ in Buffalopursue a higher education, only student loan Black Stareven Newsfurther honorees at age 15. For over 30 years, he’s to findPast themselves have included: Gil Noble (Like It been a is talk show host at WBLS and debt a key behind. Is), Rep. Maxine Waters, Soledad WLIB radio in New York City. He O’Brien (CNN), Ms. Camille Cosby, also has a Friday night radio talk driver of the “History willRivers remember this week Voza (New Heritage Theatre), show on WBAI. Errol Louis (NY1 News), Amel racial Honoree Sabrina Lamb, founderas a low point for the nation’s Larrieux Dr. William highest court.(Entertainer), The National of World of Money, is a champion Pollard (Medgar Evers College), wealth and of financial literacy for youth-- sheUrban League will continue to Herm Edwards (NY Jets), Nayaba teaches knowledge about handlingseek justice for Americans who Arinde (Amsterdam News), La-Verna opportunity money, budgeting and planning. are trapped by(Columbia our nation’s Fountain University), Dr. Rudy Crew, honoree, is one of Lillian Roberts (DC37), unjust system of financingDesiree higher Dancy gap." the nation’s leading educators. He’s (New York Times), Greg Floyd (Local
The Peebles Co., the nation’s largest — he was New York City’s first more nakedly political than African American-owned real In response to the Supreme African American mayor and alsotheir decisions to strike down estate firm with $3.5 billion worth welcomed Nelson Mandela to theaffirmative action. President Court’s decision, National Urban of properties under development cityPresident after his release League MarcinH.1990. Morial Biden’s plan not only— he was one or management Rangel, also honored issuedRep. the Charles following statement on is overwhelmingly of the pioneering developerswho favored by forloan Lifetime Achievement, has the American helped turn around student relief: people, it and revitalize served in Congress since 1971. He is once-blighted Anacostia wouldthe invigorate the national a recipient of The Bronze medal for neighborhood in Washington, D.C. “In striking down President That’s aofpolitical helping save soldiers behind enemyeconomy. A champion African-American Biden’s loan relief War. plan, linestudent during the Korean problem for theempowerment President’s Peebles’ is economic the Supreme Court has delivered contemplating adversaries, but nota apossible run for NYC Rep. Yvette Clarke is a Democratic mayor in 2017. a second devastating in as member of the USblow House of constitutional one. Furthermore, from New many Representatives days to the movement for Barbara civil one ofHonoree the justices whoArnwine, voted th whose covers rights lawyer, is a champion of racial York justice and9setdistrict the stage with the majority accepted lavish much of central Brooklyn. Before protecting voting rights of ethnic entering Congress in 2007, she minority groups — the emerging
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president of Medgar Evers College of The City University of New
237), Rev. Al Sharpton (National Action Network), and many others.
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