Least segregated US metros in fast-growing South and West
(September 2011) U.S. 2010 Census results show that black-white residential segregation declined modestly since 2000, continuing the gradual pace begun in 1980...
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
BBC - Signed by manager Brian Epstein, it specifies that The Beatles 'not be required to perform in front of a segregated audience'...
Richer minorities seen living in poorer neighborhoods
The most successful blacks and Hispanics are more likely to have poor neighbors than are whites, according to a new analysis of Census data...
6 women pardoned for 60s-era civil rights protests
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (AP) - The Birmingham City Council has pardoned six women who were arrested in 1963 for protesting segregation-era laws...
Film to launch new project on Boston busing riots
BOSTON (AP) - It's called "Can We Talk?" The film is part of the organization's years-long Boston Busing/Desegregation Project...
Mom graduates 55 years after TX integration
VIDEO - Burlyce Logan, who will don her cap and gown on Saturday, was one of 11 black students to integrate UNT...
Fed judge keeps segregated country club membership
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Several judges strongly dissented, saying it is improper for Judge George Paine II to belong to Belle Meade Country Club because it has a clear record of discrimination...
Slideshow: Remembering the Freedom Riders
SLIDESHOW - This week marks the start of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights Freedom Riders, who traveled by bus to confront segregation in the South...
178 Freedom Riders to be on 'Oprah'
CHICAGO (AP) - Oprah Winfrey is marking the 50th anniversary of the first Freedom Ride...
Why racial segregation keeps blacks out of work
OPINION - Until we attack the social structures that are at the root of racial inequalities in the U.S., we threaten to undermine the integrity of our "recovery."...
