Civil Rights

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February 23, 2010
OPINION - President Obama should embrace the legacy and wisdom of Rev. Jackson--and so should the rest of us...
February 20, 2010
Roslyn M. Brock's election as chairman of the NAACP is being hailed by the civil rights organization as a "generational…
February 6, 2010
TheGrio's 100 - Whether I'm here at the historic site or through artistic means like a play, I want to…
February 2, 2010
From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the…
February 2, 2010
These are just a few of the non-blacks throughout our nation's history who have made significant contributions to the advancement…
February 2, 2010
VIDEO - From slavery to the civil rights movement, there are moments in African-American history that should never be forgotten.…
February 2, 2010
OPINION - Since most Americans are woefully uneducated on African-American history, it's clear that allocating one month to the topic…
February 1, 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Monday is opening day for the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C., where…
February 1, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a friend of the 88-year-old says Lowery was admitted to a hospital…
February 1, 2010
OPINION - The contributions of black Americans are ingrained in our nation's DNA...
January 25, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - An interactive exhibit chronicling the lives of 20 black women who played roles in the struggle for…
January 19, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Scholar and activist Cornel West invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday...
January 18, 2010
OPINION - What many fail to realize is that Dr. King was no dreamer. He was a prophet and a…
January 14, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Justice Department accused a swim club of race bias six months after the club barred a group…
December 16, 2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the…
December 2, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --The NAACP has filed a federal complaint against an eastern North Carolina public school system. The organization…
November 24, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
November 23, 2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957,…
November 18, 2009
FROM THE GUARDIAN> It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and
November 17, 2009
OPINION - Does the current rise of minorities in American society signify the end of a fight for civil equality?