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Feds Settle With Ala School Board Over Racial Disparities
August 09, 2011
The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the Pickens County, Ala., school board to eliminate racial disparities in its system. Under terms of the agreement, the board, working with state officials, will develop policies and programs to eliminate racial disparities in student discipline, grade retention, graduation rates and post-graduate scholarships, the Justice Department said in a release. The agreement further obligates the board to intensify its efforts to recruit minority ...
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US Sues Illinois City For Housing Discrimination
August 05, 2011
The federal government has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against the city of Joliet in Illinois. The lawsuit filed in Chicago claims Joliet hasn't offered an affordable housing plan to accommodate the mostly black residents who'd be displaced by the planned condemnation of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex. The Department of Justice lawsuit alleges that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain ...
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RICH MINORITIES / POOR AREAS
August 02, 2011
According to a new Brown University study released today, affluent blacks and Hispanics live in neighborhoods that are noticeably poorer than neighborhoods where low-income whites live. The study suggests that income alone does not explain persistent segregation patterns in housing. Washington and Atlanta were the only two major ...
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Black Conservatives Blast Democratic Official
July 21, 2011
The black conservative group, Project 21, today is criticizing white Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is head of the Democratic National Committee. The group says Wasserman Schultz unaccountably targeted a black colleague, Republican congressman Allen West ...
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Discrimination Suits Found To Be Common Across US
July 18, 2011
Discrimination comes in many forms, but recent years have seen substantial discussion over public service provisions for, and environmental discrimination against, historically low-income, minority communities. Residents of Orange County, NC, are familiar with continued debates over landfill, water, ...
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Alabama Lawmakers Compared To KKK
July 15, 2011
It seems the new Ku Klux Klan members in Alabama are the state’s lawmakers and its target – no longer blacks – but undocumented migrants who have called the state home and kept the economic engines of small businesses running, reports CaribPR Wire founder Felicia Persaud. A new immigration law in the state ...
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Civil Rights Activists Angry About NC Redistricting
July 06, 2011
North Carolina Republicans and Democrats are at odds over the redrawing of Congressional districts. On Thursday, the state legislature with hold another public hearing on the matter. Lawmakers have already released preliminary maps of Congressional districts, and state house and senate districts. ...
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Major Education Survey Shows Continuing Racial Gaps
June 30, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education today released data that cast much-needed light on disparities in educational resources and opportunities for students across the country. These data provide policymakers, educators and parents ...
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Book Highlights History Of Women And Slavery In America
June 06, 2011
The book is “an impressive selection of documents that brilliantly illustrates the many dimensions of women’s experience of slavery, from the earliest laws." ...
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Yale School of Medicine Honors First Black Women Graduates
May 27, 2011
“We are delighted to celebrate the accomplishments of these extraordinary African Americans who courageously broke the racial barrier at Yale School of Medicine.†...
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Freedom Riders Return To Mississippi Capital
May 25, 2011
50 years to the day after the first wave of Freedom Riders arrived at the Jackson terminal — a celebration was held for them in Mississippi's capital. ...
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Haley Barbour Changes Tone On Civil Rights Movement
May 24, 2011
"We apologize to you for your mistreatment in 1961, and we appreciate this chance for atonement and reconciliation." ...
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NAACP To Celebrate 102nd Convention In LA
May 20, 2011
This year’s convention is especially significant as they honor the 75th anniversary of the Youth & College Division. ...
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Return Of The Freedom Riders
May 19, 2011
Buses (Freedom Rides 2011) carrying students from various universities and high schools will be departing from several cities, including New York to Jackson. ...
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Atty Gen Holder Marks 57th Anniversary Of Brown v. Board Of Ed
May 18, 2011
In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, people of all ages – and from every corner of our nation – became inspired and emboldened ...
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Georgia Civil Rights Movement To Celebrate 50th Anniversary
May 13, 2011
The mass demonstrations and arrests in Albany in 1961 and 1962 helped change the course of American history. They were the first such campaigns in the country. ...
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Civil Rights Group Sues MD. Education Commission For Discrimination
May 12, 2011
The lawsuit, filed in 2006 and amended four times, says the state under-funds traditionally black colleges, causing them to lag behind the state's other institutions. ...
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Atlanta Set For Big Civil Rights Game Weekend
May 11, 2011
"It's about giving thanks to all those who have given us a chance to be where we are today," said Braves right fielder Jason Heyward, who grew up in suburban Atlanta. ...
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Obama Choses Historic Memphis School As "Race To The Top" Winner
May 10, 2011
Booker T. Washington is the city’s oldest high school created for black students during segregation. ...
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Race Drives Debate On U.S. Future
May 09, 2011
The panelists all said the United States is not yet a colorblind society, and they agreed that their point of divergence was on how to achieve it. ...
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American Civil Rights Figures To Be Honored By MLB
May 06, 2011
The Freedom Riders and Rev. Sharpton will be recognized on the field during pregame ceremonies prior to the Delta Civil Rights Game at Turner Field. ...
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Corruption Probes Beleaguer Arizona's "Toughest" Sheriff
May 06, 2011
Auditors find improper spending on immigrant roundups and investigations of the Maricopa County sheriff's political foes. ...
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Joint Center Honors John Lewis
May 05, 2011
Lewis was recognized for his more than 50 years as a trailblazing community and political organizer, civil rights leader. ...
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The President Marks Freedom Riders Anniversary
May 04, 2011
The Freedom Rides, organized in the spring of 1961, were an interracial, nonviolent effort to protest the practice of segregation. ...
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Freedom Riders To Reunite On Oprah
May 03, 2011
Said Winfrey, "“As an African American woman born in Mississippi in 1954 and raised in the south, I owe a deep debt of gratitude to the Freedom Riders, as do we all."” ...
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Civil Rights Icon To Run Again
April 26, 2011
"The people in this district have been very, very good to me, and I have tried to be good to the people," said Lewis. ...
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Student Retracing Freedom Riders' Steps
April 21, 2011
The May 6-16 ride from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans will include visits to designated stops, workshops and discussions about issues related to social justice. ...
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Civil Rights Hero John Lewis To Deliver NC Central Commencement Speech
April 14, 2011
Lewis will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by NCCU Chancellor Charlie Nelms during the graduation ceremony. ...
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Freedom Rides 50 Year Celebration Begins In May
April 13, 2011
During their travels, Freedom Riders stopped in Anniston, Alabama, where they faced their first mob Attacks. The bus had its tires slashed and was forced off the road. ...
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Symposium Traces History Of African-American Studies
April 12, 2011
African-American history and the scope of African-American and African studies, both close to home and around the world, were also analyzed. ...
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Joins Mumia Abu-Jamal's Defense Team
April 01, 2011
The LDF will now be directing the defense strategy to fight the prosecution’s determination to reinstate the death penalty. ...
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