Civil Rights

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December 26, 2010
SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…
December 23, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Motown was founded, Michael Jackson denied child molestation allegations and the Godfather of Soul died; this is an…
December 20, 2010
TALKING POINTS MEMO - Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential Republican presidential candidate, has an interesting perspective on the tumults of…
December 19, 2010
OPINION - Much like those who marched the streets of Detroit, Chicago, Selma and Montgomery -- we must believe...
December 18, 2010
OPINION - When the Senate voted this afternoon, the men and women of our Armed Services finally felt free to…
December 15, 2010
OPINION - The decline in black-white residential segregation is not an equal opportunity phenomenon...
December 7, 2010
Reed said his remarks were not intended to imply that former gubernatorial candidate Brian Dubie was a racist...
December 7, 2010
OPINION - Almost none of us would pick up someone who looks like they might try to rob us, no…
November 30, 2010
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - James Bonard Fowler, a 77-year-old white man, reports to jail Wednesday to serve a six-month sentence…
November 25, 2010
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The absence of a state museum to acknowledge these events leads some to question whether Mississippi…
November 17, 2010
OPINION - Like Powell, history will also record that Rangel squandered much of that positive legacy by bending and twisting…
November 16, 2010
VIDEO - James Bonard Fowler, 76, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Monday in the half century old murder case of…
November 15, 2010
OPINION - Does the back of the bus cliché then really fit the treatment that Clyburn got? Or is it…
November 8, 2010
GREAT BARRINGTON, Massachusetts (AP) - Since Du Bois' death in Ghana in 1963, the civil rights activist and scholar has…
November 4, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania alleges that the policy is violating the rights of blacks…
November 1, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across America to get out and vote...
October 28, 2010
OPINION - It is important for schools to establish an inclusive culture that does not condone bullying or other forms…
October 26, 2010
OPINION - Unsurprisingly, efforts to restrict voter access have taken a turn for the worse this election cycle, creating a…
October 22, 2010
The clash between the black nationalist and the white lawyer has mushroomed into a fierce debate over the government's enforcement…
October 22, 2010
Brazier led the Pentecostal congregation for 48 years, building up the South Side church, driving out gang violence, fighting for…