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July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the company of Martin Luther King Jr.
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On the eve of Juneteenth, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The gesture sparked lots of debate
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(AP Photo/ Charlie Tasanadi, File) CAL WOODWARD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Watergate scandal grew into a
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Modern day school segregation and the academic achievement gap looms as the last vestige of a nearly completed civil rights
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In light of today’s Supreme Court decision to exempt a district in Texas from the Voting Rights Act , theGrio.com
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MARY BENTON Since 1979, Texas has celebrated the end of slavery on June 19. But on Galveston Island, the true
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KEVIN JOHNSON Southwest Louisiana knows how to party, and Juneteenth celebrations are no different. Juneteenth is a celebration of the
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I spent last Friday night at a 4th grade poetry slam. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go. As the
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It’s a symbol of history — but also of hate. Some 150 years after the Civil War, the confederate flag
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Until recently, many African-American veterans have fought alongside their comrades but received little to no recognition for their courage. For
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Technology and politics have been bedfellows for a while now but thanks to a Silicon Valley author and some Silicon
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VIDEO - Charlotte, NC - Mary Sadler is an 83-year-old African-American who remembers when blacks had to use the other…