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Happy birthday, Paul Robeson
April 8, 2005April 9 is the 107th birthday of one of the foremost African Americans of the 20th century — Paul Robeson.
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Rallies around the nation
April 8, 2005SAN FRANCISCO: Some 2,000 demonstrators made a human chain surrounding San-Francisco-based Charles Schwab home office March 31. Demonstrators also demanded that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger drop his proposal to privatize pensions for all new public workers. Schwab...
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1916 2005 Lalo Guerrero, trovador chicano presente!
March 25, 2005Known by all as Lalo, the Chicano trovador (troubadour) extraordinaire sang, composed and played mariachi, swing, bolero, boogie, mambo, cha-cha, rock and norteño music, often in poignant yet comic parodies, from the time of the Great...
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Calif. govs ballot measures rev up opposition
March 11, 2005Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s road trip last week to gather signatures on three pet ballot measures has raised the likelihood of a special election later this year featuring a series of anti-people initiatives. Labor and community organizations...
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Honor voting rights martyrs with deeds
March 4, 2005Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964. Their deaths, together with the violence inflicted...
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