civil rights
Rights groups praise Obama’s high court pick
May 11, 2010Calling her "one of the nations foremost legal minds" and a "trailblazing leader," President Obama announced his Supreme Court nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan on May 10.
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Scottsboro widow dies
May 11, 2010Melva Norris, widow of Clarence Norris, the last survivor of the Scottsboro prisoners, died recently at age 82, 21 years after her husband died in a Bronx hospital. Thanks to the struggle of Communists and...
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Wave of opposition builds against Arizona law
April 30, 2010On Thursday major civil liberties groups announced they will challenge the controversial law in court, and protests mount nationwide.
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Dorothy Height, godmother of civil rights movement
April 23, 2010Dorothy Height is remembered as a pioneering voice of the civil rights movement whose life's work and activism stretched from the New Deal through the 2008 election of President Obama.
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SNCC 50th anniversary meet mixes nostalgia and determination
April 22, 2010RALEIGH, N.C. - With a mix of nostalgia and renewed commitment, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) held its 50th anniversary conference here, April 15-18.
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