HelloNegro.com has an interesting piece about black leadership in the 21st Century. I’ve briefly discussed black leadership during the Tavis Smiley and Al Sharpton feud.

I’m working on a longer piece that will try to but those thoughts into perspective as black Americans have gradually developed more access to power structures within the government. So, while there is only an single appointed black senator, we have a black president … odd…

HelloNegro.com asks:

Who are the leaders of the Black Community today?

Go there and comment HelloNegro.com

Founding Congressional Black Caucus member John Conyers (D-Mich.) wife Monica Conyers has been found guilty of corruption and has been sentenced to three years in prison.

h/t TalkingPointsMemo.com

onyers suggested that she was the victim of “badgering” last summer when she acknowledged a conspiracy to take bribes for her support of a Houston company seeking a sludge contract. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn says her plea deal was voluntary.

Conyers is the wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Conyers. She quit the council in June.

Prosecutors also want the judge to consider allegations that Conyers and an aide collected $69,500 from people seeking help from the city. Her lawyer denies the claims.

I don’t understand how these people believe they will not be caught.

How’s a CBC member so conservative in such a safe democratic seat?

These are the sort of questions Tavis Smiley should be asking of Artur Davis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama%27s_7th_congressional_district

35.5% White, 61.7% Black, 0.6% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.7% other

It has come to light that Mr. Davis has “pulled a McCain” and said that he will suspend his campaign, come back to D.C. and vote no against health care.

I wonder how his constituents feel about that no vote…