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Today in black history: NAACP founded
February 12, 2013On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - one of America's oldest civil rights organizations - was formed.
Read moreBetter know an owner: Clippers’ outrageous Donald Sterling
February 11, 2013It is incredibly ugly that owners such as Donald Sterling can latch themselves onto the games we enjoy and wreak so much social havoc.
Read moreVirginia town was center of civil rights struggle
February 11, 2013Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 called the Danville Police Department one of the most brutal and vicious he had come across.
Read moreToday in labor history: Mandela released
February 11, 2013By that time deputy national president of the ANC, Mandela helped to form Spear of the Nation, the armed wing of the Congress.
Read moreToday in labor history: First Black reporter covers White House
February 8, 2013Harry S. McAlpin made history when he became the first African American journalist admitted to a White House press conference.
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