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Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968 Premieres During Black
History Month
January 22, 2010
On February 8, 1968, eight seconds of police gunfire left three young men dying and at least 28 wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College at Orangeburg. All of the police were white, all of the students African American. Almost all of the victims ...
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Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police
September 08, 2011
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ...
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Report Touts HUD Progress On Discrimination
August 30, 2011
A report released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shows that the agency is resolving individual housing discrimination complaints faster, increasing its focus on complaints that affect multiple people, and launching more investigations using its authority to initiate cases on behalf of discrimination victims where no one has filed a complaint. HUD’s Annual State of Fair Housing Report also illustrates how the agency is helping municipalities and state and local agencies receiving HUD funding to comply with civil rights requirements ...
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Civil Rights Museum Presents 20th Anniversary Freedom Awards
August 11, 2011
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Civil Rights Museum, the 2011 Freedom Awards will be given to select individuals for their contributions to civil and human rights, education, the arts, sports community, justice and for their dedication to creating opportunity for the disenfranchised. Honorees this year include Danny Glover, Cicely Tyson, Bill Russell, Alonzo Mourning, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, among others. The Freedom Awards is a global civil rights event, part of the mission ...
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Civil Rights Icon Eleanor Josaitis Dies at 79
August 09, 2011
Eleanor Josaitis was a stay-at-home mom, raising five kids in Taylor, Michigan in the 1960s, when she decided she wanted to help build racial harmony in Detroit's segregated communities. So she packed up her family and moved them to Detroit's Sherwood Forest neighborhood after the 1967 riots. ...
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Tough AZ Sheriff Now Dealing With Feds
June 03, 2011
Sheriff Joe and his department, after much resistance, entered into a legal settlement to fully cooperate with the Justice Department. ...
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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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Nat'l Black Entrepreneur Initiative Launched
May 16, 2011
The endowment will fund grassroots programs that encourage, train and support individuals in their quest to become successful business owners. ...
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Feds Open Bias Probe Of Newark PD
May 09, 2011
Allegations of excessive force, discriminatory policing, whether detainees confined to holding cells are subjected to unreasonable risk of harm are being investigated. ...
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Restored MLK Church Reopens
April 15, 2011
For the first time since 2007, visitors to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site could go inside the church. ...
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Initiative Aims To Raise $100M For Black Entrepreneurs
April 13, 2011
OICA announced that it is launching a focused initiative designed to encourage more African Americans to think like and become entrepreneurs. ...
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KING'S PROGRESS SETBACK
April 04, 2011
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Realtors Mark Anniversary Of Fair Housing Act
April 04, 2011
This April marks the 43rd anniversary of the 1968 landmark Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination. ...
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Union Event To Honor MLK On Anniversary Of His Assasination
April 01, 2011
The American Federation of Government Employees will honor the work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a workers’ rights solidarity event April 4. ...
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Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond To Keynote Wash. U. Reunion
March 31, 2011
We are fortunate to have Julian Bond as our conference keynote speaker, as his life is a testament to what is possible through hard work. ...
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Obama: We Want Illegal Aliens To Succeed
March 29, 2011
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Lawmakers Lobby For Shirley Chisholm Stamp
March 24, 2011
Shirley Chisholm holds the distinction of being the first female African-American Member of Congress and the first African-American to run for President. ...
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USDA Program Fights Hunger In The Summer
March 21, 2011
"Hunger doesn't end when the school bell rings and gap periods, like the summer months, often present nutritional challenges to children from low-income households." ...
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FEDS: NEW ORLEANS PD BIAS
March 17, 2011
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Rights Icon To Keynote Washington Univ. Alumni Reunion
March 15, 2011
"We are fortunate to have Julian Bond as our conference keynote speaker, as his life is a testament to what is possible through hard work." ...
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Groups Gear Up To Remember MLK Assassination
March 14, 2011
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CA Latino Officers Allege Discrimination
March 07, 2011
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Black Artist Takes Center Stage In Greensboro
March 07, 2011
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Kent State To Hold Multicultural Literacy Confab
March 04, 2011
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Black FBI Informant Withers "Is No Hero"
March 04, 2011
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WI Events Compared To '68 Memphis Sanitation Worker's Strike
March 04, 2011
Recent efforts by Governor Scott Walker...will have devastating consequences for racial minorities and civil rights progress. ...
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Who Are WI Public Workers? Blacks, Women
March 02, 2011
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Sickle Cell News Round-Up
March 01, 2011
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MALDEF Members Named To Education Board
March 01, 2011
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Comedian Donates Concert Proceeds To MALDEF
February 23, 2011
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