At a time when Michael Jackson made black people more acceptable to the white mainstream, he was on a path of self-mutilation, making himself appear more like what he perceived was the true ideal.
OBV congratulate Gurpal Kooner as she celebrates her first year as Chair of Derby City Council’s Black Employees Support Network (BESN) this August. The OBV graduate was formally appointed at the 2008 Annual General Meeting, after her successful election campaign.
Operation Black Vote would like to invite you and a guest to attend our event: 'Politics in Birmingham…A laughing matter?' which is to be held on Friday 17th July 2009 at the 'Obama's People' Exhibition in Gallery 10, Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, B3 3DH.
'Fathers for Life' is a prestigious campaign movement which aims to "publicly endorse and respond to the needs of father figures". With the media's continuous emphasis on absent fathers and single mothers, Fathers for Life promotes a fresh outlook on the importance of the paternal role model.
3 x Programme Officer - PPA (Projects) (Job Ref: EUIRD 28.09, EUIRD 29.09, EUIRD30.09) £42,226 per annum including London Weighting, rising incrementally to £42,997. 35 hours per week Contact
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The Karl Rove school of politics... More than 100,000 swine flu cases could be diagnosed every day by the end of next month, the Health Secretary has warned...
Dancing in the streets after gay sex is declared legal in India Jubilant crowds cheered outside a Delhi court yesterday after judges announced that gay sex was not a crime – a landmark ruling for India that spells the end for a 150-year-old law introduced by the British Raj...
No defence cuts, say New Tories ConservativeHome's survey of Tory candidates in winnable seats shows them to be localists, pro-nuclear, and in favour of ringfencing the defence budget...
Troops gather on Georgian border Less than a year after the enclave of South Ossetia erupted in war, this tinder box of the Caucasus is primed to flare up again....
Following the unprecedented success of the Operation Black Vote & Ministry of Justice Magistrates’ Shadowing Scheme, a series of free one day seminars entitled, ‘A Judiciary for All’ are being organised in regions across the country.
The aim of the seminars is to help improve Black and other minority ethnic (BME) representation within the magistracy and increase awareness within BME communities about the work of the courts.
I’m two years younger than Micheal Jackson, and as a child like most Black boys of my age I desperately wanted to be like him: to dance, to sing, to have that God given talent that made the world smile.
Lord Dholakia (pictured), deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has called on the Government to strengthen trade links between Britain and India. The Peer made his bold and thought provoking speech in the House of Lords this week in the hope that the U.K and India will be able to forge renewed business links that will help to strengthen the economy in the midst of the economic downturn.
Deputy Leader Minister Harriet Harman (pictured) has this week launched a new Diversity in Public Appointments Action Plan to increase the number of minority, women and disabled Board members.
Following the unprecedented success of the Operation Black Vote & Ministry of Justice Magistrates’ Shadowing Scheme, a series of free one day seminars entitled, ‘A Judiciary for All’ are being organised in regions across the country. 
