http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:14:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:08:20 +0000 AlumniUnit http://www.AlumniUnit.com/?p=5856 In an address to Members of Congress and participants attending a Congressional Black Caucus meeting, Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, called for a national discussion about the growing wealth gap which he referred to as a "wealth gap Tsunami threatening African American families." Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2010/07/26/bob-johnson-talks-wealth-gap-tsunami-to-congress/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/16/former-u-s-rep-william-jefferson-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/16/former-u-s-rep-william-jefferson-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:09 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3923 Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the first African-American elected to Congress from Louisiana since Reconstruction, was sentenced on Nov. 13 to 13 years in prison on charges of corruption. District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Va. handed down a sentence that was a little mo... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/16/former-u-s-rep-william-jefferson-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison/feed/ 0 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/02/president-obama-honors-1st-african-american-elected-to-us-senate/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/02/president-obama-honors-1st-african-american-elected-to-us-senate/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:40 +0000 AlumniUnit http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3848 President Barack Obama paid tribute on Wednesday to fellow political trailblazer Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/02/president-obama-honors-1st-african-american-elected-to-us-senate/feed/ 1