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In this July 30, 1987, file photo, Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas rest his head on hand during the Iran-Contra hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brooks, a Democrat who spent 42 years representing his Southeast Texas district, has died at age 89. (AP Photo/Lana Harris, File)

Co-author of 1964 Civil Rights Act dead at 89

Michael Graczyk, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 89...
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Homer Plessy

June 7th marks anniversary of Plessy's arrest

Caryn Freeman
theGRIO REPORT - Plessy, who was considered Creole, and his case (Plessy v. Ferguson) would set in motion a series of legal battles that would change history for African-Americans for decades...
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Grio's 100: 'Bo' Young III, changes way we give

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theGRIO's 100 - Andrew 'Bo' Young, III is the CEO of Give Locally, a website that pre-screens and posts the needs of everyday Americans on the site...
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