Roy Innis was born in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. He moved from the U.S. Virgin Islands to New York City with his mother in 1946. Innis joined CORE's Harlem chapter in 1963. In 1964, he was elected Chairman of the chapter's education committee and became a forceful advocate of community-controlled education and black empowerment. He led CORE's fight for an independent Police Review Board to address cases of police brutality. In 1965, he was elected Chairman of Harlem CORE, after which he mounted a vigorous campaign for establishment of an independent Board of Education for Harlem. A proposition to this end was presented to the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Innis was elected National Director of CORE in 1968. In the same year, he drafted the Community Self - Determination Bill of 1968 and garnered bipartisan sponsorship of this bill by one-third of the Senate and over 50 congressmen. This was the first time in U.S. history that a bill drafted by a black organization was introduced into Congress. Roy Innis is a nationally known advocate of 2nd amendment rights. While colleagues (friends and foes) consider some of his ideas to be controversial, Innis bases his positions always on the sound principles of "truth, logic and courage." http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:27:49 GMT Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:27:49 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Editors' note: This piece is co-authored by Niger Innis"I see Africa as a . partner with America on behalf of the future we want for all of our children," President Obama declared in Ghana last July. However, three... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2010/03/25/bringing_light,_health_and_prosperity_to_africa 44876992-beb7-4ab2-92c7-f594ca58b5d0 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:27:49 GMT Abundant, reliable, affordable energy makes our jobs, health, living standards and civil rights possible. Remember that when you read about people losing their jobs or having to choose between heating, eating,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2008/10/27/nuclear_power_check 72f49db0-d479-4a9b-aeb7-400cd1ab4699 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:58:00 GMT Remember The Sting, Oceans 11, Entrapment? The "marks" were a bit unsavory, or rich guys or banks that "could afford" to get ripped off. The con artists were affable rogues, administering payback or playing Robin... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2008/09/30/energy_fraud! 6a6bfb8a-b77f-48d5-8388-e6a65cd2af5b Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:01:00 GMT America's energy situation is becoming more untenable and intolerable by the day. The cost of keeping our jobs, heating and cooling our homes, driving our cars, and putting food on our tables and clothes on our backs is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2008/06/12/drill_now_for_energy_in_america a610da2b-c572-43c4-8ec2-58784a405ba1 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:01:00 GMT The US civil rights revolution of the 1950s and '60s was one of the greatest social and political liberations in history. It gave African Americans and other minorities new opportunities and new levels of success in... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2008/05/15/jim_crow_energy_policies 2276c3e9-edf8-4e0d-ac05-242a7bba7a1b Thu, 15 May 2008 14:58:03 GMT Congress and the White House, Democrats and Republicans finally agree on something! We need a stimulus package, they intone. The economy is stagnating, unemployment is climbing, families can't pay their bills. We have... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2008/02/02/poisoning_the_economy ca2c6a44-a105-443c-af82-9b688941ab2e Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:26:20 GMT Every week brings new claims that clean, free, inexhaustible renewable energy will soon replace the "dirty" fuels that sustain our economy today. A healthy dose of reality is needed. Over half of our electricity... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2007/12/05/the_truth_about_alternative_energy 030beb65-3e42-4ace-a769-a0c8d5bfae2b Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:01:00 GMT The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation recently hosted its annual legislative conference in Washington. A keynote session - billed as an "energy braintrust" - promised a lively three-hour discussion by top executives... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2007/10/11/an_opportunity_squandered 5b7ccfc7-fb09-4fa2-8b92-e537ea693ecb Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:53:27 GMT "People here have no jobs," Mark Fenn admitted, after taking documentary producers on a tour of his $35,000 catamaran and the site of his new coastal home. "But if you could count how many times they smile in a day, if... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RoyInnis/2007/06/02/enemies_of_the_poor fa7f4a8c-9265-4e25-a3d0-279cd9ea0f03 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:01:00 GMT