From HuffingtonPost.com: By Randall L. Kennedy Elena Kagan’s nomination for a place on the Supreme Court should be welcomed enthusiastically by those who are especially concerned with advancing the cause of racial justice in America. She is knowledgeable about the history of our nation’s racial problems and committed to a vision of racial inclusiveness that […]
Roland Martin appears on CNN with Gloria Borger and Ali Velshi to discuss the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Watch the video:
PITTSBURGH — As a scholar, poet and abolitionist, George B. Vashon broke barriers in the 1800s: he was the first black to graduate from Oberlin College, the first black lawyer in New York state and the first black professor at Howard University.
It did not take long for the judge to determine that the convicted rapist in front of him was irredeemable. “He is beyond help,” Judge Nicholas Geeker said of Joe Harris Sullivan. “I’m going to try to send him away for as long as I can.” And then Geeker sentenced Sullivan to life in prison […]
