The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development : March 2007

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The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic Development is named after Ronald H. Brown, a St. John’s University law school alumnus, who served as the first African-American Secretary of Commerce and the first African-American Chair of the Democratic National Committee. To honor his contributions to equal opportunity in the domestic workplace and expanded opportunities in the global marketplace, St. John’s University established the Ronald H. Brown Center. Its mission is "to engage in legal studies, research and outreach focusing on issues that affect the lives of underrepresented people while simultaneously educating law students to be leaders on issues of racial, economic and social justice."

March 2007 - Posts

It’s Hard Out Here for a “Pimp” Even on Commercial Radio.

Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 1:10 PM by Akilah Folami

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Every Black Man who goes in the studio has always got two people in his head: him, in terms of who he really is, and the thug that he feels he has to project—the performance thug. --Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes Hip Hop group Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar [Read More]

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