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2013/05/21 02:00
2013/05/21 02:00
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More than 50 arrested at protest of NC policies
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The fourth week of protests led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP has ended in the arrests of more than 50 people at the state legislature. The arrest count and number...
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2013/05/20 22:52
2013/05/20 22:52
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LBCC administrators should be replaced: Letters f...
Re "Recall is not the answer to cuts at LBCC" (Editorial, May 15): Your editorial said that it makes "good sense" to gut the vocational programs at Long Beach City College based on the data presented...
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2013/05/20 20:56
2013/05/20 20:56
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Court Won't Get Involved in Mississippi Redistric...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court won't order new legislative elections in Mississippi, despite a lawsuit that said current lawmakers were chosen in outdated districts that diluted black voting...
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2013/05/20 14:18
2013/05/20 14:18
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NC NAACP enters 4th week of legislative protests
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is entering its fourth straight week of protests at the state legislature that have resulted in nearly 100 arrests so far. The National...
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2013/05/20 03:40
2013/05/20 03:40
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Citizen Awards winners honored
HUNTINGTON -- Anyone who has heard Sylvia Ridgeway speak in public knows that she always finds an opening in her speech to advocate for civil rights. On Sunday, the president of the Huntington and...
Read more at The Huntington Herald-Dispatch
2013/05/19 22:38
2013/05/19 22:38
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Weve come a long way, but theres a long way to ...
... be gone, she said, when I questioned her. But Im going to pray for you. The audience at the Plaza branch of the Kansas City Public Library laughed. The group had gathered to honor the...
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2013/05/19 11:22
2013/05/19 11:22
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ANN MCFEATTERS: Scandals will mire progress on bi...
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Whoa, you are saying. What on earth is going on in Washington? S is for scandal. C is for cover-up. A is for abominable misuse of government. N is for Nixonian behavior. D is for...
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2013/05/18 20:17
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Annapolis accused of discrimination in police dep...
Four former and current African-American Annapolis police officers have filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against the city, claiming they were unfairly treated, subjected to harassment,...
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2013/05/17 23:18
2013/05/17 23:18
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Tougaloo College plans civil rights commemorations
The first event is a gala Saturday night at the Jackson Convention Complex, honoring four people who founded organizations designed to help the poor or disenfranchised: Morris Dees of the Southern...
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2013/05/17 19:11
2013/05/17 19:11
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Greenpeace calls out Mitch McConnell’s IRS hypocr...
Lexington - May 17 - Today Greenpeace placed a full-page ad in the Lexington Herald-Leader reminding Senator McConnell that “Free Speech Isn’t Just for People You Agree With.“ The Kentucky Senator has...
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2013/05/17 16:50
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NAACP board honors Evers' memory in Miss. capital
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group's former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his...
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2013/05/17 16:16
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Complaint alleges Charles sheriff cursed out moto...
A complaint filed with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office accuses Sheriff Rex Coffey (D) of getting out of his police cruiser to berate a motorist May 5 at the Waldorf intersection of St. Charles...
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2013/05/17 01:31
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Oakland Hosts NAACP Conference to Help Faith Lead...
On Thursday, the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) wrapped up a conference organized in Oakland to help local faith leaders fight the spread of HIV. Organizers say...
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2013/05/16 19:55
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Ex-sheriff Shirley being held at NRJ MOUNDSVILLE (AP) - Former Jefferson County sheriff Robert Shirley, convicted in the beating of a bank robber, is being held at the Northern Regional Jail in...
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2013/05/16 18:45
2013/05/16 18:45
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New York attorney general investigating state's f...
The revelation also comes after a series of strikes and walk-outs by fast food workers in New York City as well as Detroit, Chicago, St Louis and Milwaukee in recent weeks. The protests have been...
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2013/05/16 18:02
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NAACP board honors Evers' memory in Miss. capital
NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped Evers' widow lay a wreath Thursday at the home, now a museum. Myrlie Evers-Williams told nearly 200 people that she...
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2013/05/16 01:23
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Ogilvy PR appoints group MD for social arm social...
Ogilvy PR appoints group MD for social arm social@Ogilvy Ogilvy Public Relations has appointed Yianni Konstantopoulos as the new group managing director of the agency’s social arm,...
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2013/05/15 15:39
2013/05/15 15:39
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Reid defends Obama on two scandals, but not on a ...
Harry ReidBy Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun and U.S. News Agency / Asian It’s only Tuesday, but it’s shaping up to be one of President Barack Obama’s roughest weeks on the job. The White House is...
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2013/05/15 11:29
2013/05/15 11:29
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Consolidated Credit, Florida Community Bank and t...
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwired - May 15, 2013) - Florida Community Bank (FCB) has earmarked $5,000 for a year-long financial education initiative to assist Consolidated Credit and the Fort...
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Riverside Hotel
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2013/05/15 01:52
2013/05/15 01:52
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Four Long Beach leaders being honored for humanit...
LONG BEACH -- Departing Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander is among four community leaders to be honored today at the 50th Annual Humanitarian of the Year Awards Dinner. The California...
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