Civil Rights News

Antiwar.com: Martin Luther King's Speech Against the Vietnam War 2008-05-16

Members of the black community would charge that by his new commitment he was diluting the single-minded pursuit of civil rights for which he was known ...

ZNet: Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" 2008-05-16

Abolitionists, labor movements and civil rights activists proved it. Piven examines their collective actions plus one other in the four examples she chose ...

North Texas e-News: Bonham ISD Board of Trustee regular meeting set May 20 2008-05-16

... color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

Daily Camera: Democrat candidates applaud Calif. ruling 2008-05-16

"I think this tells people that civil rights and equal rights can't be compromised," she said. "It's a fundamental civic and economic right.

EmpireStateNews.net: Human Rights Division appointees named 2008-05-16

Kirkland is currently the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Bureau at the New York State Office of the Attorney General.

Houston Chronicle: How not to be a school volunteer 2008-05-16

"There go more of our civil rights ," he said. Smith did submit under protest, and he was grateful that school officials ran the check in 24 hours rather ...

Bradenton Herald: Calif. overturns gay-marriage ban 2008-05-16

"It's about civil rights , it's about time in California," he said. "The constitution was a winner today." Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released a statement ...

Chicago Daily Herald: Up close with civil rights history 2008-05-16

"Sometimes it just hurts to remember, so I kept it inside," said Stokes, who was in town promoting his book "Students on Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights ...

ic Wales: Preview: The Lady of Burma, on tour in Wales now 2008-05-16

... followed as part of an International Day of Action for Burma, just as Suu Kyi"s home nation erupted in protest at the decades of civil rights abuse.

The News-Press: Former trainee running for Lee County sheriff 2008-05-16

The lawsuit alleges several civil rights violations against the officers as well as libel and slander. Meister did not pass the academy and was fired ...

USA Today: Athletes, not politics, define Olympics 2008-05-16

I was raised in the 1960s by parents who were the third generation of African-American civil rights leaders. In those turbulent times, my brothers and I ...

WQAD: Quad City area church connected to California Supreme Court ... 2008-05-16

What we're dealing with is a civil rights issue and that's how it's been framed. The problem is that marriage is a public and religious event and people ...

Washington Post: Weapons Defendant Asks for Acquittal 2008-05-16

"If you allow them to succeed, it will destroy our constitution and our civil rights and our children's freedom," Michael S. Gorbey, 38, told the 12-member ...

Brownsville Herald: Pullam deserves BISD recognition 2008-05-16

Only the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave black students equal access to education in Texas. There was no great community conscience awakening.

The Virginian-Pilot: It's a beach music weekend! 2008-05-16

Beach music, Tomlinson says, started on Ocean Drive in North Myrtle Beach, SC Before - and even after - the Civil Rights Act of 1964, white Southern radio ...

Irish Independent: Taoiseach is going to need God on his side 2008-05-16

Liberalism is at its best when it's promoting tolerance (so long as that goes hand in hand with common sense), and civil rights . But religion is much better ...

Washington Post: King's Radical Belief 2008-05-16

Under King's leadership, the civil rights movement affirmed several principles: a belief that Providence favors justice and forbids despair; a belief th ...

WBNG-TV: Phoenix Awards 2008-05-16

For decades, a leader in the civil rights struggle, and a founder of the local NAACP chapter. She says we've come a long way, but more needs to be done.

Palm Beach Post: Conveniently timed book bashes judge 2008-05-16

My civil rights were clearly violated." Wennet, 59, filed a complaint against Domotor last summer when he recognized her voice on the Web.

Falls Church News Press: Nicholas F. Benton: "Best Revival of the Liberal Media" 2008-05-16

My perspective comes from my lifelong affiliation with the UCC, beginning as a seminary student in Berkeley, Calif., during the civil rights and anti-war ...

San Francisco Chronicle: Elated Castro residents celebrate marriage ruling 2008-05-16

Albert Reese, a 59-year-old gay black man, compared the decision to watching President Lyndon Johnson sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

Falls Church News Press: Editorial: Sustainability & Civil Rights 2008-05-16

Ms. Loving was an ardent supporter of civil rights causes, including of gay rights, until her death. We applaud Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner"s comment ...

Falls Church News Press: Editorial: Sustainability & Civil Rights 2008-05-16

Ms. Loving was an ardent supporter of civil rights causes, including of gay rights, until her death. We applaud Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner"s comment ...

Center for Research on Globalization: Global Research News Hour on RBN. Frances Fox Piven and 2008-05-15

Abolitionists, labor movements and civil rights activists attest to it. Mark Crispin Miller is a noted media activist, critic, and writer on modern ...

Center for Research on Globalization: "Challenging Authority" : The Role of Social Movements 2008-05-15

Abolitionists, labor movements and civil rights activists proved it. Piven examines their collective actions plus one other in the four examples she chose ...

Contra Costa Times: Sikh group has point about SFO screening 2008-05-15

A NATIONAL CIVIL rights organization named the Sikh Coalition has a big problem with security screeners at San Francisco International Airport.

ReliefWeb (press release): Humanitarian air service gets reprieve until mid-June but still ... 2008-05-15

... the organization founded by actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, producer Jerry Weintraub and civil rights lawyer David Pressman.

IPS: RIGHTS-INDIA: Top Activist's Detention Blot on Democracy 2008-05-15

"It was entirely in Sen"s line of work both as a civil rights defender and a physician. Besides, the visits were not surreptitious or illegal.

Huffington Post: Edwards Poverty Campaign Met With Media Blackout 2008-05-15

... for American Progress, Coalition on Human Needs, and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights -- launched what they called the Half in Ten campaign.

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Understanding Racism 2008-05-15

The anti-colonial struggles, the civil rights movement in the United States and - especially - our own anti-apartheid struggle, all provided continued ...

Politico: Historian bridges left-right divide 2008-05-15

The history of the 1960s has always been told through the narrative lens of liberalism and civil rights , but now historians are seeing that the hidden power ...

International Herald Tribune: A secret history of race 2008-05-15

Mildred, who died this month, was quiet and self-effacing and maintained all along that they married because they were in love, not to fight a civil right ...

Dawson Times: Local Student, Zack Arceneaux, to Walk in Footsteps of U S Leaders 2008-05-15

... critical periods of American history including the Civil War and Reconstruction, World War II, the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement.

Albany Herald On-line: Childs: Searles' comments racist 2008-05-15

Searles also criticized local civil rights leader the Rev. Charles Sherrod for backing Childs rather than Williams, calling him an íaccomplisì (sic) ...

MEMRI: Lebanese Government Officially Announces Rescinding ... 2008-05-15

... by the HAMSA organization ("Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance"), an American Muslim association for promoting civil rights in the Middle East.

Daily Report: Some of the bills Perdue signed or vetoed 2008-05-15

A legal challenge to the latest law was filed immediately by civil rights groups. ëA bill toughening penalties for dogfighting. The measure makes it a crime ...

Roanoke Times: Sherman Lea is poised to be a BMOC, Big Man on Council 2008-05-15

Lea said Wishneff also was a strong supporter of restoring the house of civil-rights lawyer Oliver Hill and went so far as to make a motion to buy ...

WPSD: Jacksons seek e-mail documents 2008-05-15

... any e-mail documents from the Secret Service in which agents may have joked about the possible assassination of the civil rights leader and his wife.

BET: Rev. Jackson Wants Secret Service Files 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate is demanding to see any derogatory e-mails directed at him and his family.

Worcester Telegram: Patrick says Glodis will work to fix conditions at jail 2008-05-15

Ronal C. Madnick, the director, said that he hopes the jail implements the 44 recommendations made by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice ...

Mansfield News Journal: 'Open mic' event earns rave reviews at OSU-Mansfield/NCSC 2008-05-15

The point is, the ACLU does a lot of good to protect civil rights . They educate people about civil rights ," he said. "You can join as a student for $7.

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Cop in fatal raid trial: 'I'm a victim' 2008-05-15

Among those watching Tesler on the witness stand was New York-based civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, who sat in on some of the morning testimony.

WTAP-TV: Professional Posting 2008-05-15

During the ceremony, notable Civil Rights leader and US Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) will address students, encouraging them to "Get in the way.

Al-Arabiya: "The story has not yet ended" 2008-05-15

Once the occupation ends, we can start to discuss our civil right .... We must secure our civil rights and recognition as citizens by Israel.

Atlanta Journal Constitution: City seeks one-year extension on SunTrust loan to buy King papers 2008-05-15

... since Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin led a local community effort to buy a major collection of papers that belonged to civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

Mid-Hudson News: First female African American judge honored with portrait 2008-05-15

Judge Bolin was an activist for civil rights and the rights of children, serving on several boards and working with many community organizations.

New York Times: Immigration and Violence Propel Father"s Crusade 2008-05-15

íI think you can assume the resentments are pretty widespread,ì said Connie Rice, a civil rights activist and lawyer. íThere has been a huge turnover in ...

People's Weekly World: The "Kurdish question" and the fruits of imperialism 2008-05-15

... will include cooperative economic development and political and cultural civil rights is the only real basis for a solution to this bloody conflict.

Eurweb.com: BLACK LEADERS HEAD TO AFRICA: They will participate in summit ... 2008-05-15

Civil Rights Movement veteran and former Atlanta, Georgia Mayor Andrew Young is co-chairman of the gathering which he describes as a ípoor man"s Afric ...

Earthtimes (press release): CRAZY, an Award-Winning Feature Inspired by the Life of Guitar ... 2008-05-15

... repeated clashes with the "Nashville Mob" -- who then controlled the country music establishment -- over artist's rights, civil rights and other issues.

Arkansas Democrat Gazette: FBI agent in charge of LR office retiring 2008-05-15

Temple"s first assignment was Birmingham, Ala., and white-collar crime and civil-rights cases. It was 1978. íThe Ku Klux Klan was still very active,ì he ...

The Newark Advocate: Interim police chief selected to restart Kirkersville department 2008-05-15

Martin did not comment on the recent complaint with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission filed by auxiliary police officer candidate Vaughn George ...

Fort Worth Star Telegram: Gov. Perry praises CPS' handling of polygamist sect cases 2008-05-15

Kight, a retired Kendall County commissioner who lives near Boerne, said he has contacted "nationally known" civil rights lawyers about the situation ...

Washington Informer: Black History 2008-05-15

Born the 15th of 17 children in Mayesville, SC, Bethune would rise to become one of the nation"s foremost Black educators and early civil rights activist.

Bay Area Reporter: Political Notebook: Gay black political group forms 2008-05-15

Named the Bayard Rustin LGBTQ Coalition, after the gay African American man who was a confidante to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

OpEdNews: Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" 2008-05-15

Abolitionists, labor movements and civil rights activists proved it. Piven examines their collective actions plus one other in the four examples she chose ...

The Swazi Observer: NSAs invited to development information session 2008-05-15

Others are cooperatives, trade unions, organisations fighting corruption and fraud as well as promoting good governance, civil rights organisations ...

WRCB-TV: Trial of ex-officer enters closing arguments 2008-05-15

The two other officers charged in the shooting have pleaded guilty to state manslaughter and federal civil rights charges.

Las Vegas Sun: Rat Pack reveled in Vegas; revered by the world 2008-05-15

Sinatra championed underdogs and civil rights from the beginning of his career. He won a special Academy Award for the 1945 film íThe House I Live In,ì ...

Hindustan Times: Indian workers protest outside White House 2008-05-15

In a letter dated March 14, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice told Signal International that it will not be filing a complaint on ...

New York Times: Child Welfare Tightens Law on Removal 2008-05-15

But some parent advocates worried that the aggressive approach might cross a civil rights boundary. íThe extraordinary circumstances language is troubling,ì ...

The Ledger: From Poitier to Obama 2008-05-15

... a country where water hoses and police dogs were turned lose against civil rights protesters, a country where blacks were still being murdered ...

Deseret News: 'Groovy' performed well but lacks spirit of '60s 2008-05-15

A nice moment was the show's more serious turn ë the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the growing civil rights movement. Melissa Cecala did a wonderful ...

Los Angeles Wave Newspapers: Make equal opportunity a reality ê LAUSD should implement AG 2008-05-15

Board of Education helped end the era of legal segregation and pave the way for the civil rights movement. Over half a century later, the struggle ...

Rocky Mountain News: SPEAKOUT: Ritter tax hike will hurt poor 2008-05-15

This is the civil rights issue of our time. Environmental elitists pushing the Ritter tax want higher prices because they know this forces people to consume ...

St. Cloud Times: Islamic group supports student teacher 2008-05-15

By Dave Aeikens • daeikens@stcloudtimes.com • May 15, 2008 A Muslim civil rights group on Wednesday said it supports a St. Cloud State University student" ...

Bay Area Indymedia: Destruction of property declared unlawful seizure 2008-05-14

The case was bought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights , and the firm of Heller, Ehrm ...

Atlantic Online: Voting For A "Half-Breed" 2008-05-14

She believed in civil rights for all. She treated Native Americans with respect at a time when they were still considered dirty Injuns.

Consortium News: Bush Operative Pushes Voter-ID Law 2008-05-14

Joseph Rich, formerly chief of the voting section in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said that under the Bush administration the department ...

Kennebec Journal: Background as a lawyer plays key role for Lawrence 2008-05-14

Lawrence said in an interview that his interest in civil rights and civil liberties drew him to politics, and also to law school.

Waco Tribune Herald: Judge: 17-year-old truants not told they had right to counsel 2008-05-14

... of court by McLennan County Precinct 7 Justice of the Peace Jean Laster in the past nine years, by her own admission your civil rights were violated.

USA Today: Blacks talking past each other 2008-05-14

In the post- civil rights era, a favorite mantra in the black community still is: The struggle continues. But does it? If whites are voting for black ...

The Morning News: Inmate Caught Trading Food 2008-05-14

Laswell, 19, of Farmington filed a prisoner civil rights lawsuit, without a lawyer, in April in US District Court in Fayetteville. The complaint stated ...

WJTV: Family of Man Killed by Deputies Wants Answers 2008-05-14

He compared the injustices committed against the black community during the civil rights era to this week's shooting. "You just can't take the law into your ...

Nyasa Times: MALAWIANS: WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? 2008-05-14

... members of the opposition and the Civil Rights community accusing them of conniving with Britain, Taiwan and Mozambique to topple his government.

Tribune Chronicle: Deal reached on Benji Brown"s 2008-05-14

Ziegler has filed a counterclaim against the city which alleges civil rights violations; it is going forward. He declined further comment on the advice ...

Baltimore City Paper: Hit and Stay The Catonsville Nine and Baltimore Four Actions Revisited 2008-05-14

This came as an outrage to President Lyndon B. Johnson, who prided himself on his civil-rights record and his Great Society legislation.

Idaho Mountain Express and Guide: Congress expands Minidoka site 2008-05-14

... by the Friends of Minidoka and other groups that will make Minidoka a permanent landmark in the education of all Idahoans about civil rights in Idaho.

KAMR: Caught On Tape 2008-05-14

Civil rights attorney Jeff Blackburn says people should be concerned about cameras in their daily lives. Others accept that cameras are a part of life ...

West County Journal: Monarch board seeks reimbursement for cost of audit 2008-05-14

The board also had instructed its attorney to turn over the results of the investigation to the federal Office of Civil Rights . CBIZ officials contended ...

Charleston Gazette: Webster, Poore in close race in 31st House of Delegates district 2008-05-14

She said she has remained true to her core issues of civil rights , workers' rights and consumer rights with her ascension to a House leadership position.

Art Daily: The Story of The Supremes, Based on the Collection of Mary Wil ... 2008-05-14

Set against the backdrop of the meteoric rise of Motown Records, and the turbulence of the American civil rights movement, the display will explore ...

Diverse: Literary Scholar Indicts Some Black Thinkers for Shallow Works 2008-05-14

by Ronald Roach In his new book Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era, Dr. Houston A. Baker Jr.

Examiner.com: Couple accused of treating workers as indentured servants 2008-05-14

... by the Colorado attorney general's office and the FBI's Civil Rights Program, said Nate Strauch, a spokesman for Attorney General John Suthers.

SX: Keeping Abreast 2008-05-14

... a nasty piece of legislation that all but obliterates a person"s civil rights (although she did attempt to remedy some of the dodgier aspects).

PW-Philadelphia Weekly: On The Radar 2008-05-14

... new corporate rulers abolish all civil rights so that America doesn"t have to fight its never-ending wars against terror, drugs, illegal immigrati ...

The Tribune-Democrat: NEW - Windber council rejects new Sheetz 2008-05-14

Sheetz attorney John Kachur warned of legal action, citing a federal civil rights law guaranteeing due process. "I am just shocked they denied ...

Benicia News: County Sets Record Straight 2008-05-14

SEIU charges that the County is "illegally harassing and intimidating employees who exercise their civil rights ." FACTS: During negotiations there has been ...

Yonhap News: Lee stresses inter-ministerial communication in beef debate 2008-05-14

Lee made the remarks while receiving a policy briefing from the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission, a new government body created in February ...

WXIA-TV: Bar Owner's T-Shirt Offends Obama Faithful 2008-05-14

But the comparison was so offensive to several civil rights leaders that they organized a protest. "A monkey eating a banana -- that's a historical ...

Chadron Record: Chadron schools sponsor summer food service for kids 2008-05-14

To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights , 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800)

Beaconcast: White Supremacy Groups Threatened by Obama Candidacy 2008-05-14

Until homegrown terrorists incinerated the federal building in Oklahoma City and detonated a bomb during the Atlanta Olympics, civil rights groups and law ...

Capitol Hill Blue: The Last Straw! 2008-05-14

His home Barr claims to be an advocate for civil rights and constitutional law. He is anything but that! Let me tell you about a couple of the honors th ...

South Florida Caribbean News: New online search tool gives ex-offenders ability to search ... 2008-05-14

This is a simple way to provide important civil rights restoration information to Florida citizens.ì The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition urged ...

Connecticut Jewish Ledger: Activists settle black-Jewish spat in LA Black, Jewish activists in LA 2008-05-14

Eric Lee, the president and CEO of the Los Angeles chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev ...

Spin: 1977: The Year Punk Exploded 2008-05-14

I was aware that all this century-altering stuff had happened in the previous decade -- civil rights , antiwar protests, music, movies, astronaut ...

Rockford Register Star: Desmond Tutu receives Lincoln Leadership Prize, day in his honor 2008-05-14

Today, Tutu, a celebrated civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in ending South African apartheid, received the Lincoln Leadership Prize and had ...

Marin Independent-Journal: Former Novato mayor, civil rights activist, dies at 74 2008-05-14

By Joe Wolfcale Funeral services will be held Thursday in Novato for former mayor and civil rights activist Robert D. Carrow, who died of kidney failure ...

Examiner.com: NAACP wants FBI probe into Taser incident 2008-05-14

May 13, 2008 5:24 PM (10 mins ago) AP FREDERICK, Md. (Map, News) - The head of the Frederick Branch of the NAACP called on the FBI to conduct a civil right ...

TransWorldNews (press release): Greater San Francisco Travel Information on USATravelPal.com 2008-05-14

During the 1960s, UC Berkeley earned its reputation as a hotbed of liberal politics, due to its numerous student demonstrations for civil rights and against ...

KRDO: Restaurant Owners Arrested for Human Trafficking 2008-05-14

Any citizen who would like to report possible civil rights violations should contact the Denver division of the FBI at 303-629-7171.

California Majority Report: Speaker Karen Bass' Swearing In Address 2008-05-14

But yet he was the one who introduced me to politics, watching the civil rights movement on the nightly news and trying to help me understand the concept ...

Celebrity Baby Blog: Laura Wright believes in being honest with her kids 2008-05-14

She asked me about racism and what the civil rights movement was all about. Laura was honest when answering her daughter's questions and she feels that ...

Contra Costa Times: SFO 'worst case scenario' for Sikhs, report states 2008-05-13

... turbaned Sikhs out of line for a second screening, an act of profiling that does little to combat terrorism, a national civil rights organization says.

Austin American-Statesman: Chinese artist defends design for Martin Luther King Jr. statue 2008-05-13

King's pose ë based on a photograph taken by Flip Schulke, King's official photographer ë depicts the late civil rights leader with his arms crossed and h ...

World Socialist Web Site: Malaysia"s ruling coalition rattled after election debacle 2008-05-13

... beyond mundane issues transcending ethnic boundaries, focusing on such loftier issues as institutional integrity, social justice and civil rights .

Los Angeles Times: Former Los Angeles police officer gets prison for role in robbery ring 2008-05-13

Federal authorities concluded that the crime was not within their jurisdiction, so it was not pursued as part of the civil rights conspiracy against the men ...

KVIA: Texas teen with bullet in head pleads guilty to assault 2008-05-13

But Bush and his attorney fought the removal because they said it violated Bush's civil rights . Police say Bush tried to shoot auto dealer Alan Olive ...

Evening Bulletin: Obama's Catholic Council Widens Rift 2008-05-13

... National Advisory Council is to dissolve it immediately," stated William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights .

Washington Post: Two Ways to See a Statue 2008-05-13

His efforts and those of thousands of other civil rights activists in setting up situations that highlighted this disconnect engendered discomfort in nearly ...

Black Star News: âõèSound-Biteâõ Politics And Death Of Journalism 2008-05-13

Yet, his attacks on American"s civil liberties and civil rights , coupled with his ability to ignore the Constitution when it becomes a frivolous obstacle ...

Bloomington Pantagraph: Twin City mom earns spot in top 25 of national contest 2008-05-13

Campbell-Jackson was described as a wonderful mother and wife, a friend, mentor, community leader and civil rights activist. Campbell-Jackson was selected ...

KXAN-TV: Caught on camera? 2008-05-13

The ACLU has an ally in this debate in the Texas Civil Rights Project, headed by Jim Harrington. "It really does become the eye of Big Brother," Harringt ...

San Francisco Chronicle: ENTERTAINMENT REPORT Judge grants Beatle, wife a divorce 2008-05-13

He named one species Stasimopus mendelai after South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. The spider Apomastus kristenae is named after his wife ...

Film.com: The Great Debaters 2008-05-13

It is the story of a group of people who would ultimately become instrumental in the civil rights battles that would be in full swing some 20 years later.

NY1: Brooklyn Teen Sues City For Alleged Police Misconduct 2008-05-13

... 18, said that the teenager"s family is suing the city for $20 million dollars for assault and battery and violation of his civil rights .

USA Today: Critic's Corner Tuesday 2008-05-13

And is there any chance Syesha will apologize for equating the civil rights movement ë a decades-long battle to free a race of people from oppression ...

Washington City Paper: Stein Club Endorsement Dra-ma! 2008-05-13

The next big surprise: Ward 8 civil-rights activist Phil Pannell stepped into the void after he heard of Kinlow"s decision.

NY1: Congressman Conyers Holds Forum On Police Action 2008-05-13

The nearly two-dozen lawmakers and civil rights leaders at the forum said they hope to make meaningful legislative changes that would restore the trust ...

Providence Journal: House mulls change in sentencing rules 2008-05-13

Direct Action for Rights and Equality, a Providence civil-rights group, says the more troublesome part of mandatory minimums is that they prevent judge ...

National Post: Marni Soupcoff: Will Bob Barr be the next Ross Perot or the next ... 2008-05-13

... he didn't like where they were going: Too much spending and taking too many liberties (so to speak) with civil rights in the name of fighting terrorism.

CBS 2: Ex-LAPD Officer Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison 2008-05-13

Both men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the civil rights of others, conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs, violating the civil rights of other ...

Iowa City Press Citizen: Third generation ready for family biz 2008-05-13

The second is a civil rights analyst. If he followed his combined degrees, he would end up working as a political economics professor.

Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck: Quake rescue efforts...Soggy midAtlantic...Iraq corrupti ... 2008-05-13

... was allegedly shot during the incident. His lawyer, citing civil rights grounds, had kept prosecutors from ordering surgery to remove the bullet.

Slashdot: Canada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy? 2008-05-13

Seriously, with the importance of the Internet in everyday life, is there a case that this actually infringes on a person's civil rights , or at least ...

Biloxi Sun Herald: Former Los Angeles Police Officer and Co-Conspirator Sentenced ... 2008-05-13

Palomares and Loaiza both previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate civil rights , conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute ...

History News Network: Are Blacks Being Victimized Twice by the Cherokee? 2008-05-12

At first glance, the Freedmen dilemma appears to be a case of civil rights vs. tribal sovereignty. In 1968 Congress passed the Indian Civil Rights Act ...

Buzzle: Nuala O'faolain 2008-05-12

In 1980, O'Faolain became involved with Nell McCafferty, the feminist, journalist and civil rights activist, a relationship that lasted almost 15 years ...

OregonLive.com: Reflections on the importance of hip-hop radio - The Oregonian 2008-05-12

Those of us born right after the civil rights era fell in love with hip-hop as soon as we heard people rapping over the borrowed beat of music our parent ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Athlete's '68 Black Power salute parallels politics of today 2008-05-12

Civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the Democratic front-runner for president, were assassinated. And America was boiling ...

San Francisco Chronicle: Even God couldn't vote in Indiana without proper ID 2008-05-12

Nonsense, says John Borkowski, a South Bend attorney and volunteer election watchdog with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Zimbabwe Guardian: Zimbabwe and the power of propaganda: Ousting a President vi ... 2008-05-11

... and described her ías a " civil rights activist", citing her as the source for his claim that "government critics" are "fearing another Zimbabwe here".

USA Today: Consumers would pay the price for gas-tax holiday 2008-05-12

This is a country that has endured several wars to protect freedom and fought for decades over civil rights . Throughout generations, Americans have endured ...

New York Times: The Long Run Pragmatic Politics, Forged on the South Side 2008-05-12

... Star Cafe in Chicago before his 1991 graduation, Mr. Miner thought he was recruiting the 29-year-old to work for his boutique civil rights law firm.

Roanoke Times: Scared smart: Parenting in the digital age 2008-05-12

A former teacher and civil rights attorney, Steyer runs Common Sense Media, a non-preachy Web site that reviews movies, TV, games and music for parents.

Pakistan Dawn: Woman of Pakistani origin honoured 2008-05-12

Ms Khan is also chairwoman of a leading American Muslim civil rights group, the Muslim Public Affairs Council Foundation. íVolunteerism allows us to make ...

New York Times: Voter ID Battle Shifts to Proof of Citizenship 2008-05-12

... Department of Justice and now the director of the voting rights project at the Lawyers" Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a liberal advocacy group.

The Tribune-Democrat: DNA expert has local ties 2008-05-12

... since it was founded in 1992 at the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshive University in New York City by civil rights lawyers Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld.

Statesville Record & Landmark: The Rev. JC Harris, city civil rights icon, recalls long struggle 2008-05-12

By Russell Ledbetter With a legacy that includes serving as one of Statesville"s leading civil rights activists, the Rev. JC Harris continues his nearly ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Under The Needle: Nudists can't go for a dip 2008-05-12

By MIKE LEWIS They don't, it's generally acknowledged, have a civil rights icon along the lines of a Susan B. Anthony or Martin Luther King Jr. That nude ...

Contactmusic.com: PATTI LABELLE - LABELLE REUNITE 2008-05-12

Hendryx explains the decision to reunite, "About a year and a half ago, we met to record a tribute to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, and we just felt in our ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer: Graceful lady from graceless past 2008-05-12

Evers-Williams is the widow of Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader whose murder helped inspire the "Mississippi Summer" of 1964 in which thousands ...

OregonLive.com: Mildred Loving beat interracial marriage ban - The Oregonian 2008-05-11

Attorneys later said the case came at the perfect time -- just as lawmakers passed the Civil Rights Act, and as across the South, African Americans ...

OregonLive.com: I'm Japanese; diverse leadership is important - The Oregonian 2008-05-11

If it were not for the Civil Rights movement of the '60s led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others such as Cesar Chavez, people of color would ...

Green Left Weekly: Bipartisan hypocrisy on anti-terror 2008-05-11

[Colin Mitchell is an activist in the Melbourne-based group Civil Rights Defence.] From: Comment & Analysis, Green Left Weekly issue #750 14 May 2008.

Green Left Weekly: United States: Innocent Black man"s murderers walk free and ... 2008-05-11

The rebellions of the late "60s have always been cast as the foil to the heroic civil rights movement of the early "60s, where African Americans conducted ...

Green Left Weekly: Campaign launched to abolish the ABCC 2008-05-11

The highly politicised watchdog has extraordinary powers that deny construction workers basic civil rights , such as the right to remain silent if called ...

Los Angeles Times: Israel's unhappy birthday 2008-05-11

... democracy; its citizens, including its Arab citizens (1.3 million out of a total population of almost 7 million), enjoy civil rights and the benefits ...

Los Angeles Times: With less name recognition, Mark Ridley-Thomas works to connect ... 2008-05-11

If he wins, the Board of Supervisors will be the next stop on a career path that began in 1991 when he traded his role as a civil rights leader -- executive ...

Los Angeles Times: Barack Obama doesn't object to ally's gibe on John McCain, Keating ... 2008-05-11

... of about 8000 at a Bend high school, where he was introduced by Myrlie Evers-Williams, the 75-year-old widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Oakland Tribune: Byron Williams: 2008-05-11

Though not tied directly to the larger Civil Rights Movement captivating the country at the same time, the Lovings' contribution was no less important.

Salt Lake Tribune: Bob Dylan's 'girl on the album cover' paints a portrait of folk ... 2008-05-11

Now, Rotolo has broken years of silence to tell the story of what it was like to fall in love with Bob Dylan at 17, to introduce him to civil right ...

Roanoke Times: Loving court case took laws off love 2008-05-11

She was a reluctant civil rights pioneer and rarely granted interviews. Last year, on the 40th anniversary of the ruling, Mildred Loving released ...

Boston Globe: Last of the moderate Republicans? 2008-05-11

... a liberal Maryland Republican who fought for civil rights and antipoverty programs and against the Vietnam War, which was still raging.

MiamiHerald.com: Ensemble treats seniors to pre-Mothers Day performance 2008-05-11

The girl, Phelia, was bornin Greenwood, Miss., 1944, when the Civil Rights Movement was starting. Raped at 11, she became a thief at 12 and a mother by 16.

GoErie.com: FBI, ATF battle over turf 2008-05-11

If it was not, the ATF would take charge, unless the case involved areas such as civil rights that are traditional FBI turf. The memo left it up to the task ...

Shreveport Times: College celebrates 100th class in Shreveport 2008-05-11

... to Elder and Ira Lee Morgan, noted as a civil rights activist and teacher, who Schwab said has had a "long, prolific career as a teacher and writer.

Lower Hudson Journal news: JFK"s right-hand man dishes in his new memoir 2008-05-11

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he was a civil-rights activist in Nebraska and he graduated from the law school of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

Salt Lake Tribune: Housing bias claims soar 2008-05-11

Born out of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination in a spectrum of categories, among which ...

Steamboat Pilot: Conservative commentary: Ideas never are to be feared 2008-05-11

When the GOP students stood firm, according to a report filed by Phillips with Ward Connerly of the American Civil Rights Institute, íthey were finally told ...

Salt Lake Tribune: Child protection law and the FLDS: There's a better way 2008-05-11

It is also possible that a federal civil rights suit might be attempted. Perhaps Texas officials pursued mass placements because they were unsure ...

News & Observer: The Engelhard Cafe 2008-05-11

By David Cecelski, Correspondent Recently, Dr. Henry Vanderbilt Johnson Jr. shared a story with me about an unsung little moment in our state's civil right ...

Houston Chronicle: Ambitious Obama played many sides in Chicago 2008-05-11

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and wealthy black entrepreneurs a generation removed from the Civil Rights battles of the 1960s. At its heart is the University ...

Houston Chronicle: Mental health workers rip CPS over sect 2008-05-11

"They are trampling all over human decency and those people's civil rights . We should not just sit here and let it happen."

Boston Herald: TV Q & A with David Inman 2008-05-11

It was tame by today"s standards, though the show"s writers did get into some hot water when they dared to comment against white resistance to civil right ...

Sharon Herald: Decision doesn"t reinstate benefits 2008-05-11

She said the panel could not look at them because its role is to determine if any civil rights were violated, errors of law occurred, or if the decision ...

Washington Post: Five Found Dead At Houston Home 2008-05-11

New evidence was filed in a long-running civil rights case against the Secret Service, including e-mails that portray an offensive image of a naked black ...

Tulsa World: Cook didn't have best week but it's Castro going home 2008-05-11

And I think a lot of people were puzzled by her comparing her "American Idol" journey to the civil rights movement. But she looks smashing!

Dickinson Press: DSU holds 88th commencement 2008-05-11

The third great woman Brinkley referred to in his talk was Rosa Parks, the African American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bu ...

Charleston Post Courier: Law grad now ready to take on new duties 2008-05-11

In her address, Greenburg referred to the civil rights movement and spoke about such noted public figures as Winston Churchill and former US Supreme Court ...

Florida Times-Union: How letters botched the facts in sensitive Palestinian issue 2008-05-11

Polland said the Arab American Institute bills itself as a civil rights organization, but "spends a great deal of time squelching criticism of Arab ...

WSAZ-TV: Cover Story: Obama In WV 2008-05-11

... when you belong to a church and pastor that preaches on the way things use to be(before and during civil rights movements) and how terrible America is.

Reading Eagle: Fishburne brings Thurgood Marshall to life 2008-05-11

He takes the audience from his job waiting tables at a country club, through his advocacy during the civil rights movement, until his last day as a U ...

NOLA.com: Nagin at midterm: What's the scorecard? - The Times-Picayune 2008-05-11

A bevy of ministers and civil rights leaders gathered in November on the steps of City Hall to defend those companies, both owned by African-Americans.

Washington Post: At DC's Phelps High, A Return to the Future 2008-05-11

But vocational education lost favor during the civil rights era, attacked by activists as an attempt to steer black students into blue-collar jobs and out ...

Democracy Now: íTorture Teamì: British Attorney Philippe Sands on the White House ... 2008-05-10

On Tuesday, Sands testified before the House Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

ZNet: Remembering Tomorrow Introduction 2008-05-10

It introduces the civil rights movement and the New Left, recounts fraternity rush through tumultuous expulsion, includes science, sniffing glue ...

New York Times: Clyburn Sees "Tipping Point" to Obama 2008-05-10

Mr. Clyburn, a veteran of the civil rights movement, criticized Mrs. Clinton"s comments this week in USAToday, touting her advantage among white voters ...

MLive.com: • Event will challenge men to step up - Muskegon Chronicle 2008-05-10

... noted not only for his breakthrough comedy career but also for his work in civil rights , the peace movement, healthy foods and other fields of activism.

Washington Post: The Ashcroft Memo 2008-05-10

If it is not, ATF runs the case, unless it involves an area such as civil rights that is traditional FBI turf. The FBI-led task forces determine any ...

Washington Post: Stability, Advances Mark Howard President's Legacy 2008-05-10

... walked into an auditorium where Malcolm X, spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and civil rights leader Bayard Rustin were debating black integration.

Tampa Tribune: Martinez Owes Better Account For Voting Against Equal-Pay Law 2008-05-10

... to file her complaint within 180 days of her first discriminatory paycheck, as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The high court agreed.

findingDulcinea: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover On this Day: J. Edgar Hoover Named ... 2008-05-10

... ignored civil liberties and collected damaging information against personal and political enemies, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...

Austin American-Statesman: MLK memorial in DC delayed after criticisms raised 2008-05-10

The panel also commented that a clay model for the sculpture depicts the civil rights leader, shown standing with his arms crossed, as too "confrontational ...

Boston Globe: Destroying a neighborhood to save a city 2008-05-10

Just as the civil rights , antiwar, and environmental movements galvanized many around the country in the 1960s, the fate of the West End became a rallying ...

MLive.com: Area students head for history 'nationals' - Muskegon Chronicle 2008-05-10

Kateri Stachowicz, Whitehall Middle School, " Civil Rights Movement." • Charles Bradfield, Whitehall High School, "Treaty of Paris.

CBS 5: Groups Says SFO Security Singling Out Sikhs 2008-05-10

... are unfairly singling out Sikhs by misinterpreting federal policy on screening of travelers with head coverings, a civil rights group claimed Friday.

Winston-Salem Journal: US attorney is investigating Sharpton's nonprofit group 2008-05-10

Al Sharpton has emerged over the past 10 years as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil-rights leader, a status that was demonstrated again this week ...

Tampa Tribune: Mother Of 18 Says Faith Was Key 2008-05-10

Nettie Smith concurred, recalling being active in the civil rights movement. "When our children were old enough, they walked the picket lines with us," she ...

Pakistan Dawn: "Mosque" raid drill irks Muslims in US 2008-05-10

By Abdus Sattar Ghazali SAN FRANCISCO, May 9: American Muslim civil rights groups have denounced an exercise by US security officials in which a place ...

US-China Today: Chinese FM spokemsan: Austrian Chancellor pledges adherence to one ... 2008-05-10

Thomas Luebke, secretary of the US Commission on Fine Arts, in an April letter to the team creating the official US monument to civil rights leader Mart ...

San Jose Mercury News: Lawsuit alleges civil rights violations in Watsonville's tattoo ... 2008-05-10

By Donna Jones - Sentinel staff writer Local civil rights attorney Kate Wells is suing the city of Watsonville on behalf of her son, Geoffrey, who wants top ...

New York Times: Events on Long Island 2008-05-10

FREEPORT Freeport Memorial Library íTo Kill a Mockingbird,ì screening followed by discussion with Joseph McNeil and Joan Hodges, civil rights activists.

MercoPress: Argentina"s inflation is April doubles the Kirchner"s index 2008-05-10

... the current methodology to calculate the Argentine cost of living. The presentation follows a claim from the Civil Rights Association, Buenos Aires chapter.

Victoria Advocate: What happens to my personal info my employer has? 2008-05-10

For example, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination, requires a company to retain employment applicati ...

MLive.com: Kalamazoo and Portage ordinances on political lawn signs may ... - Kalamazoo Gazette 2008-05-10

That lesson in civil rights cost the borough of Littlestown, Pa., almost $16000, not including its own legal fees, to settle a lawsuit arising from effort ...

Colorado Springs Gazette: Ritter names Iuppa 4th Judicial District judge 2008-05-10

Rotolo, a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Civil Rights Committee, has served as magistrate since 2001. She spent three years in private practice ...

Panthic Weekly: TSA to Allow for Flexibility in Traveler Identity 2008-05-10

Washington DC ê Last week, the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF), the nation's oldest Sikh American civil rights and advocacy ...

Texas Cable News: Red light cameras about to hit Austin streets 2008-05-10

Wayne Krause is Legal Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project. He doesn't think red light cameras make us any safer. "We just had studies come out ...

Panthic Weekly: Gandhi Under Cross-Examination 2008-05-10

Whether the reader of this book will have the perception of the 'Saint Gandhi' as the leader of the Civil Rights movement altered or ...

KXMC: Arts panel criticizes MLK statue design for DC memorial... | KXNet ... 2008-05-10

... of Fine Arts say the proposed statue of King looks "confrontational" and resembles the head of a socialist state more than a civil rights leader.

Party for Socialism and Liberation: Supreme Court upholds Indiana's voter ID law 2008-05-10

... whose victory was codified in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The present attack on the right to vote is led by the Republic ...

Sun-Sentinel.com: Broward County judge recuses herself from civil rights case 2008-05-10

The civil rights case Henning stepped down from was against the sheriff's office, Jenne and two former deputies. It involved a man who says he was framed ...

New Straits Times: Hillary should know when the jig is up 2008-05-10

She was idealistic on civil rights ; she wanted to energise young people into and for good politics, all those good things now associated, ye ...