It will probably surprise most people to learn that targeting "Negroes"
-- as we were once called -- actually started in 1940. An officer of
the Los Angeles Urban League wrote a Business Week article titled
"Advice on the Negro..." Read more at AdvertisingAge.com
Older and African-American employees suffered discrimination as a
result of a merit-pay system put in place at the Securities and
Exchange Commission in 2003, a federal arbitrator has ruled. Read more at Forbes.com
A cluster of five
radio stations have been passed from one black-owned media giant to
another. Radio One, the nation's seventh largest radio station owner,
agreed to sell its radio stations in Augusta, Ga., to Perry
Broadcasting Co. Inc. Read more at BlackEnterprise.com
A new report by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education finds that more than half of black workers in the United States have jobs that don’t pay well, provide retirement and health benefits, or offer avenues for advancement.
A provision addressing the plight of the African-American farmer is one
of the lesser-known aspects of the 2007 farm bill. The plan would
re-open an old lawsuit. Read more at ABC30.com
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