Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

...up the pressure on Capitol Hill. "Make no mistake: this is the civil rights issue of the moment,'' said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, who suggested a multiracial Poor People's Campaign like the one...

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...program this week -- joining with leaders of the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, and the Center for Community Change and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights -- that will frame the discussion. Trumka's agenda features five...

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...and immigrant -- who would have been discouraged from being counted had the amendment passed," said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. "We also hope that today's vote sends a strong message that the...

In this article: Census Bureau, Fourteenth Amendment, David Vitter, Robert Bennett, Wade Henderson, Utah, and United States

...handling third-party outreach for Google. Google also brought on board Mistique Cano, formerly vice president of communications for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Cano takes over media responsibilities for Adam Kovacevich, who...

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...that citizens should shape their own democratic institutions does not amount to a recipe for oppression, but Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, accuses Vitter of inflaming "public sentiment against illegal...

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...be easily confirmed, if only Republicans would let the vote take place. This is obstructionism, pure and simple. And, as Ms. Marcus said, it's no way to run government. The writer is president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

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"This amendment is intended to flame public sentiment against illegal immigration, " said Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Henderson said the Vitter amendment "contradicts what American stands...

In this article: David Vitter, Census Bureau, GAO, Wade Henderson, Louisiana, Inflation, Robert Bennett, and National Coalition

By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer Wade Henderson, president of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, spoke at a press conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill in opposition of the amendment offered by Republican senators to include a...

In this article: Census Bureau, Government Accountability Office, Robert Bennett, Wade Henderson, United States, and New Democrat Network

...to make confirmation wars a thing of the past." However, some say Obama is being too cautious. Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, said, "I commend the president's effort to change the tone in...

In this article: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Jeff Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wade Henderson, and Washington Post

...has forwarded 23. "I commend the president's effort to change the tone in Washington," said Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. "I recognize that he is extending an olive branch to Republicans...

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