Jan 3, 2010 | The Afro American Newspaper
Some Civil Rights Leaders Critical of Black Ala. Governor Candidate
Three-term Congressman Artur Davis, the man attempting to become Alabamaa s first Black governor, faces a new battle against Black leaders who fought in the Civil Rights Movement.
The man vying to become the first Black governor in the southern state of Alabama is battling some unlikely critics - Black Democratic leaders who were on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement.
Still remember Pearl Harbor 68 years later
'Yesterday, Dec. 7,1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.' Pres.
Dr. Regina Benjamin was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Oct. 29 as the next U.S. surgeon general, making the Black Alabama physician the nationa s top doctor.

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