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The rise and fall of Jim Crow
October 11, 2002“Wheel about, turn about Do jis so An’ ebery time I wheel about I jump Jim Crow!” This little ditty was expropriated from a Black performer in the South by Daddy Rice, a white entertainer, in...
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Community rallies to support Baraka
October 11, 2002NEWARK – Community leaders, artists and activists are rallying to block efforts to remove renowned poet, playwright and activist Amiri Baraka as New Jersey’s poet laureate. Gov. James McGreevey, after recently appointing him to the post,...
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Ireland agreement under fire
October 11, 2002The Ulster Unionist Council’s decision to bow before the party’s rejectionist wing and fire a missile into the heart of the 1998 British-Irish Good Friday agreement, while disappointing for supporters of the deal, can hardly be...
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The costs of war
October 11, 2002Back when the first Gulf War was being debated, I gave a speech at an anti-war rally in Charleston, Illinois. A university student interrupted to heckle. I stopped and looked at him: “You look like you...
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World War II vet testifies against Bushs Iraq war
October 11, 2002The following are excerpts from remarks to a town hall meeting at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Sept. 30. Gilman, a highly decorated U.S. Army veteran, began his remarks by explaining his experiences in World War...
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