Civil Rights

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October 18, 2010
LONDON (AP) - Launching his group Monday, Jackson called for an end to policies that lead to racial profiling on…
October 15, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
September 15, 2010
VIDEO - Ernest Withers, one of the most recognized photographers from the civil rights movement, was doing double duty as…
September 14, 2010
While Mr. Withers was growing close to top civil rights leaders,he was also meeting regularly with the F.B.I. agents, disclosing…
September 13, 2010
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - In July 1958, Walters led the Wichita NAACP youth chapter in a sit-in at a Wichita…
September 8, 2010
OPINION - They have an image problem regarding race that will preclude them picking up moderate white voters who fled…
September 2, 2010
OPINION - I would rather see the NAACP's wisdom and energy spent focusing on policing "us" and our own community...
August 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rev. Al Sharpton told his rally it's important to keep King's dream alive, and that despite progress…
August 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white…
August 26, 2010
He hoped that even in the direst circumstances, we could overcome our differences and replace bitter conflicts...
August 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Vilsack said that Sherrod did agree to work with the agency in a consulting capacity in…
August 24, 2010
There have been no federal indictments since Mr. Gonzales's announcement, which heralded the Civil Rights-Era Cold Case Initiative...
August 23, 2010
OPINION - There's nothing new about this shameful twist of King's legacy by conservatives...
August 17, 2010
MARION, Ala. (AP) - A grand jury indicted James Bonard Fowler for murder in the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson…
August 11, 2010
SLIDESHOW - These classic photos capture the mayhem and aftermath of a challenging time in our nation's history...
August 11, 2010
OPINION - In the decades after the riots, the many Watts's of America were written off as vast wastelands of…
August 6, 2010
OPINION - The idea that blacks cannot choose to be black but gays can choose their disposition, appears to be…
August 3, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Late last year, the leadership of the group founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. split…
July 30, 2010
REVIEW - Did you know that the NAACP gave Hugh Hefner a special award? What about the fact that Alex…
July 22, 2010
PHOENIX (AP) - The killing of rancher Robert Krentz in many ways set the stage for the new Arizona law…