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2010-03-10: Headlines

Times-Georgian: Mrs. Mandela here for fundraiser 2010-03-10
Douglas County District 2 Commissioner Kelly Robinson, who orchestrated Mandela's visit here with veteran Atlanta civil rights leader Rev.
Tribune Review: Ways to get us 2010-03-10
The Courier -- now the weekly New Pittsburgh Courier, based in the South Side -- rose alongside the civil rights movement and was among its most forceful ...
Broadway World: Kander & Ebb's SCOTTSBORO BOYS Gets 2010 Run at Vineyard, Premieres 2/12 2010-03-10
... teenagers are falsely accused of a terrible crime -- ultimately provoking a national outrage that sparked the American Civil Rights movement.
Contra Costa Times: Feds to investigate LAUSD 2010-03-10
The federal Department of Education's civil rights arm will launch a major investigation into whether Los Angeles schools have denied educational ...
AlterNet: Health Care Reformish 2010-03-10
Sometimes the gates of history swing on small hinges, as the saying goes; think the 1957 Civil Rights Act (why did I never learn of this?
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader: Insurance firm: Juvie scandal crimes bar civil suit coverage 2010-03-10
... “criminal acts exclusion” clause for the crimes allegedly committed by Powell and others that led to the filing of civil rights and racketeering suits.
Taunton Daily Gazette: WILL: 'Privileges and immunities' clause cause of great debate 2010-03-10
To the drafters of the 14th Amendment, the phrase “privileges or immunities” was synonymous with “basic civil rights.” But in 1873, the court held that only ...
Charleston Post Courier: Defying expectations 2010-03-10
"Growing up in the civil rights age, you could easily use discrimination as an excuse, but they made it clear that it is not an excuse.
Boston Herald: Lindsay Lohan says 'milkaholic' baby is in her image 2010-03-10
Lohan filed the lawsuit Monday and claims the ad violated her rights under New York state civil-rights law. “Many celebrities are known by one name only ...
Birmingham Weekly Mixed Media: Review: Will Kimbrough earns his Wings 2010-03-10
In the #Bham Civil Rights Institute, a notation: "Klan Robe. Anonymous donation." 5 days ago Deficit projection went up since Royal was acting Mayor ...
Monadnock Ledger Transcript: Hand Works Exhibit 2010-03-10
So cheesy." Yes. It's the best way to repeal it Yes. The majority should have the final say No. Voters shouldn't be allowed to restrict civil rights.
Brownsville Herald: Census advocates hold workshop 2010-03-10
The Mexican American civil rights organization has worked to raise awareness of the US Census since the count began, Romero said.
Flagpole Magazine: News of Athens' Cinema Scene 2010-03-10
Soundtrack for a Revolution is a documentary about the events and people of the Civil Rights movement that takes the more-than-novel tack of featuring ...
Eagle Tribune: Vandalism at stadium prompts security push City wants to make sure $2M ... 2010-03-10
The Haverhill Civil Rights Commission condemned the act. Join the discussion. To comment on stories and see what others are saying ...
Tampa Tribune: Family fights for daughter's rights into adulthood 2010-03-10
1, the same day of the year that Rosa Parks took her stand to sit in the front of the bus in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., at the dawn of the civil right ...
University of Virginia: Administrative Changes Can Benefit Immigration System 2010-03-10
"I have a feeling we'll be hearing a lot more about that," Martin said, adding that Homeland Security worked with its civil rights office to make sure ...
Los Angeles Times: Federal agency to investigate LA schools 2010-03-10
"This is about helping kids receive a good education, the education they deserve," said Russlynn Ali, the department's assistant secretary for civil rights.
Pocono Record: Officials step up monitor of rights laws in schools 2010-03-10
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will send letters in coming weeks ...
Hartford Courant: Board Endorses Berlin High Renovation 2010-03-10
In addition, the federal Office of Civil Rights has cited the school for numerous problems, including a lack of accessibility for people with disabilities.
Pocono Record: No, it is not 'ramming.' It's called leadership 2010-03-10
... Truman "rammed" through desegregation of the military and Lyndon Johnson "rammed" the Civil Rights Act down the throat of a gagging South.
WWL: Another former cop charged in Danziger case 2010-03-10
... whether they will be able to establish if any officers intentionally violated the civil rights of any individual,” said former US Attorney Harry Rosenberg.
Journal and Courier: Rove: Tea Party may be risk to GOP 2010-03-10
... taxes and government's reach, could expand their clout if they emulate the 1960s civil rights movement, the gun rights movement and abortion opponents.
Lehighvalleylive.com: On this date in 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to assassinating Mart ... 2010-03-10
In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ray later repudiated that ple ...
Seattle Times: World Relief rejects job applicant over his faith 2010-03-10
Recognizing the need of faith-based organizations to maintain an atmosphere of shared values and principles, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits them ...
Playbill.com: Scottsboro Boys, Kander & Ebb Musical About an American Shame, Opens Off-Broadway 2010-03-10
The Scottsboro Boys, the new John Kander and Fred Ebb musical that takes a flashpoint in American Civil Rights history and makes it sing ...
Winston-Salem Journal: Several examples 2010-03-10
The Civil Rights Act and Title IX helped make progress in eliminating racist and sexist practices that had existed for hundreds of years.
Daily Eastern News: Chicago '60s housing lecture relevant now 2010-03-10
Foy said Satter's father, Mark Satter, was a civil rights lawyer during the 1960s. Satter represented black clients in Chicago who had purchased homes ...
St. Augustine Record: Kennedy a finalist for national medal 2010-03-10
Investigative journalist, historian and civil rights activist Stetson Kennedy is a finalist for a national honor presented by ...
MercatorNet: No choice in Chicago 2010-03-10
The city's controversial “bubble ordinance” so restricts free speech, even the ACLU opposed it as an infringement of civil rights, for crying out loud.
Nashua Telegraph: Marriage article stays on town ballot 2010-03-10
“What we're talking about is civil rights,” he said. “That's not a matter to be decided by a majority vote.” Following that vote, resident Janet Cormier ...
CanadianChristianity.com: Civil Rights-inspired music stands the test of time 2010-03-10
Snipers fired on buses, and the home of Baptist Pastor Ralph Abernathy - one of the Civil Rights movement's key leaders - was bombed.
New York Times: A One-Track Senate 2010-03-10
During the 1960s, the Senate was frozen by lengthy filibusters over civil rights legislation. When, in the mid-'70s, that tactic once again threatened ...
Dayton Daily News: Apartment ad campaign under fire for discrimination 2010-03-10
But where some might see a clever slogan, the Miami Valley Fair Housing Center saw discrimination, and the Ohio Civil Rights Commission agreed.
MyNews.in: Ansar Burney thanked Indian Supreme Court for releasing Pak prisoners 2010-03-10
The human and civil rights organisation Ansar Burney Trust International, that is working hard for the release of illegally and unlawfully confined innocent ...
Los Angeles Times: Nigerian massacre victims buried in mass grave 2010-03-10
... according to human rights lawyer Shehu Sani of the nongovernment Civil Rights Congress, who visited the villages and interviewed dozens of survivors.
Durham Herald Sun: UNC DENTIST HONORED AS PUBLIC HEALTH HERO 2010-03-10
It was also the time of Vietnam War and the civil rights movements." One way Rozier could pay off a scholarship was to work in public health.
Lumberjack: Social Justice Summit “Liberating Paradigms” 2010-03-10
Near the end of the two-hour seminar, Africa stood on stage and spoke of how you must stand up for civil rights. As she spoke, small postcards ...
New Haven Register: New chief headed unit fighting gangs, drugs 2010-03-10
... taking over a department in turmoil after a vote of no confidence in police management, and an expensive civil rights employment litigation.
GoErie.com: Cohen: Obama shows leadership 2010-03-10
... Truman "rammed" through desegregation of the military and Lyndon Johnson "rammed" the Civil Rights Act down the throats of the South.
Bradenton Herald: Local widow pushing for red-light bill 2010-03-10
Along with Schenck's opposing bill, there was a “Red Light Camera Day of Protest” Saturday sponsored by the Orlando-based Florida Civil Rights Associati ...

2010-03-09: Headlines

Press Trust of India: Sharmila released, but fast continues 2010-03-09
Imphal, Mar 9 (PTI) Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, on a fast unto death for more than nine years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Force ...
New America Media: Immigrant Advocates Say Immigration Enforcement Worse Under Obama 2010-03-09
Brent Wilkes, executive national director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, a Latino civil rights group, recalled candidate Barack ...
AlterNet: Controversial Utah Law Charges Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages 2010-03-09
Nevertheless, women's and civil rights groups say the new, just-signed version of the bill is just as dangerous. “We are still passing legislation ...
AlterNet: Chief Architect of the Financial Crash Is Still Treated as a Credible Economic ... 2010-03-09
He went around to commemorations of major events in the civil rights era and begged for forgiveness. Wallace's presence at these events was no doubt painful ...
AlterNet: Conservative Hall of Shame: 8 Anti-Gay Politicians and Demagogues Who ... 2010-03-09
Oh, Roy, why couldn't you have been that tongue-tied when talking about civil rights and protections for gay families? Equality California, a gay right ...
Telegraph.co.uk: Anti-Israeli student 'activists' don't take risks – they just give smug ... 2010-03-09
... historically played an instrumental role in the civil rights movement in America the eventually ensured equality and human rights for all minorities.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Nigeria: Calls for inquiry into religious violence 2010-03-09
... many women and children in three mostly Christian villages south of the regional capital of Jos, local journalists and a civil rights group said.
Irish Independent: Sectarian bloodbath as 500 villagers butchered 2010-03-09
Local journalists and civil rights organisations who toured the area yesterday said they had counted at least 200 victims shot and hacked to death ...
Ashland TAB: Ashland film series recalls Howard Zinn 2010-03-09
... best-selling and influential "A People's History of the United States." He wrote extensively about the civil rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements.
Telegraph.co.uk: Thief who stole from hospital escapes because security guards were afraid ... 2010-03-09
David Green from civil rights pressure group Civitas said the current legal atmosphere has made people fearful of litigation. He said: "I can see where ...
Raynham Call: City man exonerated of rape charge set to sue police 2010-03-09
William White Jr., a Boston-based attorney specializing in civil rights cases, said he's considering taking on Johnson's case and will be reviewing court ...
Muncie Star Press: Rep. Mike Pence retraces route of civil rights marchers 2010-03-09
I served as co-leader of the 10th Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage sponsored by the Faith & Politics Institute. We arrived in Montgomery on Saturday ...
Las Vegas Sun: Lewis remembers 'Bloody Sunday' march, beatings 2010-03-09
Marchers included Civil Rights foot soldiers and civil rights leaders including the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Also Sunday in Washington, President Barack Obam ...
The Detroit News: Nation and world briefs 2010-03-09
"We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement," Duncan said on a historic Selma bridge to commemorate the 45th anniversary of a bloody ...
Fresno Bee: California legislator Roy Ashburn acknowledges he's gay, draws colleagues' support 2010-03-09
"I think that if you are ashamed," she said, "that you often do not value the civil rights of the group you belong to because you're ashamed to be in th ...
Religion Dispatches: Anti-Choice Doc Aims to Link Reproductive Rights to 'Black Genocide' 2010-03-09
For several years now, the religious right has been trying to appropriate the moral authority of the Civil Rights Movement. It's an audacious strategy ...
Harvard Crimson: Young Discusses Race, War, Culture 2010-03-09
Young, an associate professor and director of the African and African Diaspora Studies Program at BC, said she is interested in “how the Civil Rights legacy ...
Victoria Times Colonist: Nova Scotia to pardon Canada's 'Rosa Parks' 2010-03-09
Desmond, a black 32-year-old Halifax beautician, became a Nova Scotia civil rights icon on Nov. 8, 1946, when she went into the segregated Roseland Theatre ...
Telos Press: Obama in the Age of the Political Eschaton 2010-03-09
In this way revanchism parallels the civil rights movement.[11] History demonstrates that malleable liberal democratic form absorbs revolution into ...
Omaha World-Herald: Kofoed's lawyer tries to quit 2010-03-09
... in US District Court, where Kofoed was acquitted of four federal charges — mail fraud, falsification of records and two alleged civil rights violations.
NorthEscambia.com: Civil Rights Groups: Murder Near Jay Not Racial 2010-03-09
The recent murder of a Brewton teen at a late night party outside of Jay was not racial — that was the word following a civil rights meeting Monday night ...
Times Herald-Record: Two sides blaming each other after squabble at board meeting 2010-03-09
Times Herald-Record/TOM BUSHEY By Heather Yakin GOSHEN — Civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman and the Democratic Alliance of Orange County spoke out Monday ...
Orangeburg Times Democrat: First black woman elected to SC House dies at 75 2010-03-09
... black woman from South Carolina elected to the Democratic National Committee and the first black woman to serve on the US Commission on Civil Rights.
Staunton News Leader: Mills was keeper of history 2010-03-09
The Civil Rights movement was still 20 years away when Mills, 17, first saw Green in his Army Air Forces uniform, brass, bars and medals covering his chest.
Legalbrief: US schools educated on equal opportunity 2010-03-09
... college preparatory curriculae and to advanced placement courses. The department plans to open similar civil rights investigations at half a dozen colleges.
Winnipeg Free Press: Well-acted production raises plenty of Doute 2010-03-09
... in the Catholic Church, and the Civil Rights and integrated schools movement of the 1960s, with universal truths about human nature and relationships.
Montana Kaimin: California dean says American's civil rights are slipping 2010-03-09
Federal court decisions have sharply reduced Americans' ability to assert their civil rights, said the de ...
The Province: Nigerian death toll hits 528 2010-03-09
... suffered in clashes around the city in January, said Shehu Sani, president of the Civil Rights Congress, whose members are helping in rescue efforts.
The Dartmouth: Daily Debriefing 2010-03-09
The department's Office of Civil Rights will launch more in-depth compliance reviews to assess current procedures and the effect of district-level measure ...
Daily Californian: A Race for Tolerance 2010-03-09
... qualified for the position and has had extensive public service experience dealing with racial issues, including affirmative action and civil rights.
San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland, woman settle rights suit for $10000 2010-03-09
A 27-year-old woman who claimed that Oakland police had arrested her without cause and treated her roughly has settled her federal civil rights lawsu ...
The MIT Tech: Nigerians raise death toll from ethnic violence to 500 2010-03-09
Shehu Sani of the Nigerian Civil Rights Congress said in a telephone interview on Monday that members of his organization had counted 492 bodie ...
Idaho State Journal: BLM cites Watersheds Project chief 2010-03-09
A federal court ruled the state violated the civil rights of Younger by not allowing him to bid for grazing leases. The court ruled the Idaho Constituti ...
San Francisco Chronicle: 'I am gay,' state Sen. Roy Ashburn acknowledges 2010-03-09
"I don't know if he will suddenly see the light and start voting for every civil rights bill. It's a process," Kuehl said. Ashburn also was taking heat ...
DimeWars: Hattie McDaniel's Legacy Extends Beyond Oscars Into Civil Rights 2010-03-09
Hattie was an active civil rights activist, determined in seeing integration in her lifetime: "Hattie McDaniel lived in West Adams on Country Club Drive.
News & Observer: Pollitt's strong voice 2010-03-09
Pollitt fought many tough battles on the front lines of civil rights law and advocacy. Perhaps they seemed less daunting in light of his experiences as ...
Bridgeport News: Finch: Making the difficult decisions today to position the city for ... 2010-03-09
Education is the civil rights issue of our time, and we must work together to effect the changes our children deserve. President Obama's Race to the Top ...
Presseurop: A fight that's far from over 2010-03-09
The weekly Focus has been accused of regularly referring to men as the "weakened sex," which TAZ believes will pave the way for a new civil rights movement.
Las Vegas Sun: Nigeria: More than 200 dead in religious violence 2010-03-09
The bodies of the dead lined dusty streets in three villages south of the regional capital of Jos, local journalists and a civil rights group said Sunday.

2010-03-08: Headlines

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Grand jury probes cop's use of force 2010-03-08
... former US Attorney David Lillehaug speculated in an interview that it could have been looking into potential federal civil rights violations -- either ...
WSFA: Woman remembers Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights struggle 2010-03-08
Starting where it all began 45 years ago, politicians, civil rights icons--even movie stars--came to Brown Chapel AME Church to show their support.
Fight Back! Newspaper: 1965 Bloody Sunday March commemorated in Selma 2010-03-08
By Staff | Selma, AL - Thousands gathered here, Sunday, March 7, to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the 1965 Bloody Sunday civil rights march - during ...
Huffington Post: Mr. President, Congress: The Time for Immigration Reform Is Now 2010-03-08
... business, law enforcement, immigrant, ethnic, and civil rights groups. Around that time, Schumer and Graham started working on a bipartisan proposal ...
GroundReport: Texas Judge Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional? 2010-03-08
... civil rights actions, and this case is being prosecuted by the county attorney's office and a public defender it appears representing the accused.
Daily Kos: I can't believe it's not Godwin! 2010-03-08
... traditional conservative Southerners became Democrats, until Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson enacted civil rights over the objections of those ...
Washington Post: 2021 14th St. NW 2010-03-08
... Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, discusses the new illustrated book "Washington, DC Protests: Scenes from Home Rule to the Civil Rights Movement.
Washington Post: Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws 2010-03-08
Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to announce Monday that his agency is ramping up enforcement of civil rights laws in schools ...
Washington Post: Gay couples find one marriage barrier gone, others still rigid 2010-03-08
"The 1964 civil rights legislation didn't start in one place. It didn't start as a movement with [President Lyndon B.] Johnson saying, 'Yeah ...
SFStation.com: SFAC 40th Anniversary 2010-03-08
... the SFAC — as Capricorn Asunder and its later iterations — fought key cultural battles for civil rights and for the arts as worthy of civic support.
Taunton Daily Gazette: Man exonerated of rape charge set to sue police 2010-03-08
William White Jr., a Boston-based attorney specializing in civil rights cases, said he's considering taking on Johnson's case and will be reviewing court ...
The City Wire: Second Street Live! 2010-03-08
The great civil rights movements throughout history have been documented by song and poetry and visual art. Through art we begin to grasp our humanity ...
The Associated Press: Ed officials to step up civil rights enforcement 2010-03-08
The federal Department of Education plans to intensify its civil rights enforcement efforts in schools around the country, including a deeper look at issue ...
The Crime Report: SC Police Chief Cites Zero-Tolerance Strategy, Denies Racial Profiling 2010-03-08
Some civil rights leaders find the numbers disturbing. Dot Scott, president of the Charleston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement ...
Paradise Post: JAMISON: Lack of expertise in some areas fueling our polarization 2010-03-08
... history with both parties occasionally using them, they were previously used most often by Southern politicians trying to kill civil rights legislation.
Roll Call: Clymer: Ohio's McCulloch Deserves a Place in Statuary Hall 2010-03-08
McCulloch was absolutely essential to the passage of the most important law of the 20th century, the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 1963, the United States faced ...
New Yorker: Above and Beyond 2010-03-08
The Promise: Honoring iconic figures of the civil-rights era. Readings by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates, and more events involving New Yorker ...
Oregon Daily Emerald: This week in history 2010-03-08
James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on March 10, 1969. Ray was sentenced to 99 years ...
New York Times: On the Importance of Being Counted 2010-03-08
Counting people by race and ethnicity, for example, is useful for enforcing civil rights laws, like the Voting Rights Act. But it also provokes argument ...
Crain's Detroit Business: CAPITOL BRIEFINGS:Outdoor venues among smoking ban questions 2010-03-08
Dan Krichbaum, Granholm's COO, has been tapped to be interim director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, succeeding Kelvin Scott, who died Feb. 20.
Macon Telegraph: Artist paints a picture of the past 2010-03-08
Many students learn about Harriett Tubman, who helped conduct slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Greenville Daily Reflector: Students, all students, need to follow uniform rules 2010-03-08
The Pitt County Coalition for Educating Black Children filed the complaint with the US Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights on Feb.
New York Times: Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education 2010-03-08
Seeking to step up enforcement of civil rights laws, the federal Department of Education says it will be sending letters in coming weeks ...
Blogcritics.org: The Obama Healthcare Monument 2010-03-08
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson pushed through the Civil Rights Act that John F. Kennedy had championed before his death in 1963. These lasting institutions, though ...
GoErie.com: Dionne: 'Reconciliation' lies little more than hypocrisy 2010-03-08
Obama's critics have regularly accused him of not being as tough or wily or forceful as LBJ was in pushing through civil rights and the social programs ...
Daily Eastern News: Staff Editorial: District of Columbia's gay rights decision a sign to rest ... 2010-03-08
John McCain, posted on her Twitter account in January, "I think more Republicans need to start taking a stand for… civil rights in this country and set ...
Ha'aretz: Political pioneer 2010-03-08
Freedman - who was elected to the 8th Knesset on behalf of Ratz, the civil rights party headed by Shulamit Aloni (and a precursor of today's Meretz) - ...
New West: Utah Gets Uppity 2010-03-08
Issues such as civil rights may very well still need to be controlled by the federal government, but I still believe that the 10th amendment is a good one ...
South Coast Today: YOUR VIEW: The right's big lie 2010-03-08
At the time he signed the Civil Rights Act, Johnson said the South would be lost to Republicans, and it was. Government, when allowed to work ...
New Yorker: Classical Music 2010-03-08
The Promise: Honoring iconic figures of the civil-rights era. Readings by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates, and more events involving New Yorker ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com: Goggins blazed trail for black women in politics 2010-03-08
... black woman from South Carolina elected to the Democratic National Committee and the first black woman in to serve on the US Commission on Civil Rights.
NOLA.com: Debate over charter operator for Craig Elementary raises questions ... 2010-03-08
The protagonists in the discussion come at the issue from strikingly different vantage points: A lifelong civil rights activist and Treme resident ...
New Yorker: Under the Gun 2010-03-08
The Promise: Honoring iconic figures of the civil-rights era. Readings by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates, and more events involving New Yorker ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Making black history available all year 2010-03-08
A former Minneapolis NAACP president, Seals has toured the state with civil rights exhibits since 1996, but she's wanted to move her exhibits out of storage ...
New Yorker: Keeping It Real 2010-03-08
The Promise: Honoring iconic figures of the civil-rights era. Readings by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates, and more events involving New Yorker ...
Nashua Telegraph: Town article weighs vote on marriage 2010-03-08
Opponents say it is an attempt to put a civil rights issue up for a vote. Earlier this year Baldasaro sponsored a bill, which ultimately failed ...
CBS42: Remembering Bloody Sunday 2010-03-08
Memories of this historical day are strong for Annie Pearl Avery, an original civil rights foot soldier. "On bloody sunday, 1965, I was beaten ...
Rockford Register Star: Parent files complaint over remark by teacher 2010-03-08
“I feel like (my daughter's) civil rights were violated. I have to struggle with making her go to school every day. She wants to go to an all-black school.
New York Times: Juggling Act for Obama in Filling Fed Board Openings 2010-03-08
When Mr. Geithner held a meeting last month with leaders of labor, civil rights and consumer groups to discuss overhauling financial regulati ...

2010-03-07: Headlines

Washington Post: Nixon fingerprints missing from provocative sculpture's relocation 2010-03-07
The work had no connection to King while it was in Washington -- it was installed before the civil rights leader's assassination -- but it possessed ...
American Chronicle: Lieberman Introduces Legislation in US Senate to Repeal "Don´t Ask, Don´t Tell" 2010-03-07
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation´s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, this week lauded ...
Austin American-Statesman: US ed secretary's visit to Ala. school draws ire 2010-03-07
... in part to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. That was the violent clash between civil rights protesters and state troopers in Selma.
CNYLink from Eagle Newspapers: Cold Case Justice Initiative brings families to SU campus, hosts Mavis Staples 2010-03-07
Nancy Larraine Hoffman was there, who's carried on her Civil Rights Connection project of taking area high schoolers into the Deep South, despite no longer ...
Colby News: SHOUT Weekend: Trying to Extract Sunbeams from Cucumbers 2010-03-07
He will draw on the life and work of Bernice Johnson Reagon, a major cultural voice for freedom and justice from the Civil Rights Movement ...
Seattle Times: 'Strange Days Indeed': Book revisits the lame, paranoid '70s 2010-03-07
Where the '60s delivered the civil-rights movement, the '70s were the beginning of the end to nearly every kind of large-scale legitimate public protest.
The Associated Press: Today in History 2010-03-07
In 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse. In 1975, the US Senate revised ...
Lehighvalleylive.com: The US Senate revised its filibuster rule 35 years ago today 2010-03-07
In 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse. In 1975, the US Senate revised ...
ArabianBusiness.com: Saudi security forces confiscate books by divisive author 2010-03-07
Saudi security forces have confiscated books by the author Abdellah Al-Hamid from the kingdom's annual international book fair, a civil rights group said ...
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Martin Luther King comic book redefined superhero for a generation 2010-03-07
Nor does the comic-book medium readily come to mind when thinking about the dramatic days of the Civil Rights movement in the United States.
Pakistan Christian TV: Thomas More Society Mourns the Death of ND88's Linda Schmidt; Prosecut ... 2010-03-07
... turned topsy-turvy with their futures left in limbo because they had the courage to assert their civil rights and stand for truth," observed Brejcha.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Regulation of nonbank lenders urged 2010-03-07
Mierzwinski and leaders of civil rights, labor and consumer groups made a similar argument to the Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, in a meeting ...
nwitimes.com: Some cities want to claim inmates on census 2010-03-07
Some civil rights advocates and municipal leaders argue the current way inmates are counted gives prison towns an unfair advantage.
MetroWest Daily News: Editorial: Terms of the health debate 2010-03-07
In the old days, when the filibuster was used to stop civil rights bills, senators had to hold the floor and keep talking for days on end.
Dayton Daily News: Local SCLC needs new leaders to restore its respect, activists say 2010-03-07
DAYTON — Local civil rights and church leaders say there are plenty of people willing to lead ...
Express Buzz: Community service to punish offenders 2010-03-07
Meanwhile, the offender convicted under the provisions of the Civil Rights Act 1955 or under the SC and ST (Prevention of Attrocities) Act 1989 are excluded ...
TriCities.com: A First Lady in a False Kingdom: A Curious Convergence on White Top Mountain 2010-03-07
I'd like to think the White Top Mountain Folk Music Festival was the fool-me-once in Eleanor's evolution as a Civil Rights activist. Although she had ...
Wicked Local Westport: Sunshine band: On every job, there's a person who never fails to brighten up ... 2010-03-07
Her father was the first vice president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a civil rights organizati ...
Charleston Post Courier: Racial profiling: Fact or fiction? 2010-03-07
Some civil rights leaders, however, find the numbers disturbing. Taylor-Williams' mother is Dot Scott, president of the Charleston chapter of the National ...
Eagle Tribune: Column: Attitudes, not words, are what must change 2010-03-07
It is civil rights and integration that have helped change at least some attitudes. I'm all for treating people with respect. But suppressing free speech ...
New University Online: Black History Month's Urgency Continues 2010-03-07
“Forty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act,” Hartman writes, “black households possess one-tenth of the wealth of white families;
New York Times: In Harlem, Epicenter for Charter Schools, a Senator Wars Against Them 2010-03-07
He often invokes civil rights as a reason to criticize charter schools, saying that they are a way for public officials to create segregated private school ...
New York Times: Paterson Rewards Redemption With a Pardon 2010-03-07
“First of all, we want to thank the governor for saving Qing Wu's life,” said Elizabeth OuYang, the president of OCA-NY, an Asian-American civil right ...
Palm Beach Post: Cerabino: Rush should lift awareness of ills of pills 2010-03-07
"This is a civil rights bill," Limbaugh said on his show. "This is reparations." We certainly don't need to hear more race-baiting from Limbaugh.
New Haven Register: Supreme Court unlikely to address 14th Amendment in gun case 2010-03-07
To drafters of the 14th Amendment, “privileges or immunities” was synonymous with “basic civil rights.” But in 1873, the court held that only some right ...
Philippine Star: Saudi security confiscate books by reformer 2010-03-07
Local activists have become more vocal about social and civil rights, but political criticism of the royal family remains a particularly sensitive issue.
Hilton Head Island Packet: How one woman overcame the racial barriers that divide us 2010-03-07
Just months before he died, King stood at Penn Center to ring home a point to the antsy civil rights activists: "So I say to you tonight that I have taken ...
Utica Observer Dispatch: Guest view: Child support is welfare because it lacks accountability 2010-03-07
After commending my civil rights accomplishments, for example, guest writer Mary Ules “takes offense” with my sacrificial stance on child support by citing ...
Tampa Tribune: The right to be safe from guns shall not be infringed 2010-03-07
Arthur, who says he is a liberal who includes gun rights among the civil rights he supports, makes it clear he thinks the answer to gun violence is to let ...
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis puts spotlight on LA's 'Architect to the Stars' 2010-03-07
Despite being black in the pre-civil rights era, he achieved professional status in Southern California as elite as his client list.
WALA-TV FOX10: Protesters: Let us decide on bingo 2010-03-07
And they scream for civil rights. They are laid-off casino workers and bingo supporters, including Reverend Jesse Jackson. "This weekend we celebrate ...
Brazosport Facts: Public Meetings for March 7, 2010 2010-03-07
The two allege the county and the former judge violated federal civil rights statutes regarding sexual harassment and the right to freedom of associati ...
The Associated Press: Partisan bickering in Washington is nothing new 2010-03-07
That all began to change with the civil rights movement and the Republican takeover of the South. After that, said Ritchie, "the Democrats became ...
GoDanRiver.com: Law: Inmate can't file lawsuit until appeals exhausted 2010-03-07
Professor Giovanna Shay has written about the Prison Litigation Reform Act and its impact on inmates' civil rights. Shay is an assistant professor of law ...
Webnewswire.com: Assessing antibiotic breakdown in manure 2010-03-07
To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800)
Fort Worth Star Telegram: Is the Supreme Court's gun case onefor the scythe? 2010-03-07
To the drafters of the 14th Amendment, the phrase “privileges or immunities” was synonymous with “basic civil rights.” But in 1873, the court held that only ...
Salisbury Post: Officials tout Fiber to the Home as public safety tool 2010-03-07
"We are extremely sensitive to citizens' civil rights." Fiber will also allow law enforcement a chance to solve crime more quickly through the help of ...
Monadnock Ledger Transcript: American Legion Meeting 2010-03-07
So cheesy." Yes. It's the best way to repeal it Yes. The majority should have the final say No. Voters shouldn't be allowed to restrict civil rights.
WXIA-TV: SCLC Leadership Fight Goes Public 2010-03-07
... Conference last October 30th, Bernice King promised to restore the civil rights group her father helped found and that he lead until his death.
Covington News: Taking it to the streets 2010-03-07
Famous Atlanta civil rights leaders Hosea Williams and Tyrone Brooks joined in the battle, and at one point it was thought Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Fort Worth Star Telegram: What impact does being a minority have for candidate when it's time to vote? 2010-03-07
Civil-rights advocates and other experts say Carrillo may be making a valid argument in at least partially attributing his defeat to what they describe ...