Bill Clinton to Be Inducted as Honorary Member of Black Hall of Fame

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Bill Clinton to Be Inducted as Honorary Member of Black Hall of Fame The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Bill Clinton, once famously described by author Toni Morrison as "our first black president," is being inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame as an honorary member. The former president will be the first non-black recognized in the hall's 10-year history. He is expected to attend the Saturday night event.

"It is this community's way of saying thank you to him for the work that he has done," Charles Stewart, the hall's chairman and founder.

The honor is in recognition of Clinton's appointment of blacks to high levels in both state and federal government, and his post-White House efforts to fight AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean, Stewart said.

Among others slated for induction are R&B and gospel singer Al Green and Dr. Edith Irby Jones, the first black graduate of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Past inductees include poet Maya Angelou, Ebony and Jet magazine publisher John H. Johnson Jr. and former Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders.

[Sub-Driver]

oh brother!

[SpaceBar]

Is there a cookie that's white on the outside and black on the inside?

[Consort]

Posted here.

[1bigdictator]

This-is-great-ping

[Flint]

I guess that being the parent of a half black child must count for something in Arkansas.

[DoughtyOne]

Anyone please name any area where Blacks progressed during the Clinton years. And if anyone can, I'll bet the data was cooked to make it look that way.

It's amazing what using one Black as an employment tech and laughing at another's funeral will get you in the way of respect from the Black community.

[Slyfox]

[mrsmith]

If anyone belongs in the Black Hole of Fame....

America's "footnote president" surely does.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Any organization that would want Bill Clinton as an honorary member isn't worth warm spit.

[cincinnati65]

"The honor is in recognition of Clinton's appointment of blacks to high levels in both state and federal government"

Great, then Bush is a shoo-in with Condi and Powell, right?

[Republicus2001]

what appointments? he had none in high level cabinets

[ClearCase_guy]

Ummm. Is there a White Hall of Fame? And if there were, could it go 10 years without inducting a black member?

[w1andsodidwe]

Bill Clinton to Be Inducted as Honorary Member of Black Hall of Fame

I believe this should read as follows:"Bill Clinton to Be Inducted as Honorary Member of Liberal Black Hall of Fame"

[Phantom Lord]

There are REAL pictures of Clinton wearing an Afro Wig. He was at a fundraiser where the band "The Boogies" played. They had pictures of him on stage with them wearing an Afro Wig. They have been removed from their picture archive but I am sure they are out there somewhere.

[Corporate Law]

Exactly. And the one they spit at, GWB, has appointed the most far and away.

[Slyfox]

There are REAL pictures of Clinton wearing an Afro Wig.

Seeing them would be a real hoot. I wonder who had them removed from the website? Probably the very same person who told Saturday Night Live to quit making jokes about Chelsea.

[Grampa Dave]

The cookie that is white on the outside and phoney black on the inside is called a "WHOREOREO".

[stainlessbanner]

Let's see: he's not black and he's not honorable. Why are they letting him in again?