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NAACP, Politics

The ongoing battle between the NAACP and Wells Fargo is officially over. As previously reported Wells Fargo’s mortgage lending practices were being questioned not only by the NAACP but by the state of Illinois. A federal lawsuit was filed against the bank accusing it of disproportionately selling African-American and Hispanic borrowers high-cost, subprime mortgages, while […]

Ten years after it began, the annual State of Black Union conference has met its end. Tavis Smiley has announced the end of his yearly conference series that focused on a myriad of problems within the Black community and of ways to alleviate the stressors that have caused America’s most beleaguered citizens much pain. “The […]

Politics

Texas Southern University and broadcaster Tavis Smiley have been at odds for years over funding he promised to provide. The University upped the ante Friday when it made the decision to drop his name from their school of communications. The school created the ‘Tavis Smiley School of Communication’ in his honor after he pledged to donate […]

Politics

Tavis Smiley has teminated his business relationship with Wells Fargo over claims that the bank used well-known African-American Public figures to swindle minority borrowers into high-risk subprime homes loans. The “seminars” were held in over eight cities in predominately black neighborhoods under the pretense of “Wealth Building.” Smiley, who hosts his own PBS show, was […]

Politics

Several lawsuits against banking behemoth Wells Fargo are silently shaking the foundation of minority-banker relations that are not entirely due to their misguided business practices. One of the Nation’s largest mortgage lenders and key player in 2009’s great housing bust, Wells Fargo, is being accused of coercing members of the Black and Hispanic community into […]