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Obama sees biggest divide since Johnson-Goldwater

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the choice facing voters this November will be as stark as in the milestone 1964 contest between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater...
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DWIGHT EISENHOWER – While Dwight D. Eisenhower never broadcast his strong civil rights record even when he stepped in with federal troops to aid the Little Rock Nine in 1957, his actions are worthy of high praise. During his presidency, Eisenhower not only appointed Earl Warren, who presided over Brown v. Board, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court but he regularly fought and succeeded in placing judges committed to equal rights to serve in critical Southern courts. With the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Eisenhower’s administration became the first since Reconstruction to pass civil rights legislation. Truman proposed bold actions such as integrating the armed forces but Eisenhower actually implemented the changes, making it the rule of the land. (AP Photo/Carl Nesensohn)

The top 10 best US presidents for black America

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SLIDESHOW - America has had 44 presidents, each of whom has had varying degrees of influence, for better or worse, on the lives of black Americans...
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Rihanna spends estimated $157,270 on Marilyn Monroe painting

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The Daily Mail reported Monday that Rihanna commissioned a £100,000, or an estimated $157,270, work of art...
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Octavia Spencer wins SAG supporting actress award

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Christopher Plummer of the father-son tale 'Beginners' and Octavia Spencer of the Deep South drama 'The Help' won supporting-acting honors at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer's murder three decades ago...
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Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich

Joy-Ann Reid
TheGrio REPORT -- He may be dropping in the polls in Florida and lacking in establishment GOP support, but Newt Gingrich has one thing he can brag about going into Tuesday's primary: the support of The Hermanator...
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25 people who paved the way for MLK

Ronda Racha Penrice
SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names but all contributed in great and small ways to the creation of a better nation and world...
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