Bush Denounces Recent Displays of Nooses Feb 13, 2008
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Bush calls nooses offensive Feb 13, 2008
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Soulful events crowd calendar Feb 12, 2008
Macomb Journal-Macomb, Illinois - News. Tuesday, February 12, 2008. (Macomb Journal, IL)
Ugliness into art Jan 24, 2008
BY - Independent Record - 01/24/08. Photo by Ginny Emery, photographer - Helena artist Valerie Hellerman discusses the statues she created in response to hate literature for the Holter's show Speaking Volumes, Transforming Hate. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
No Need For Alarm Dec 19, 2007
The conclusion reached in para 39 of the order after discussing the doctrine of separation of powers, is: "We hasten to add that it is not our opinion that judges should never be 'activist'. Sometimes judicial activism is a useful adjunct to democracy such as in the School Segregation and Human Rights decisions of the US Supreme Court vide Brown vs Board of Education, Miranda vs Arizona, Roe vs Wade etc or the decisions of our own Supreme Court which expanded the scope of Articles 14 and 21 of... (India Times, India)
Oprahpalooza in South Carolina Dec 10, 2007
December 9, 2007, 6:59 pm. Barack and Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey on Sunday. (New York Times)
Decision may spark lawsuits by groups Nov 21, 2007
By The Daily Reflector. Wednesday, November 21, 2007. (The Daily Reflector)
Study: More Blacks Wary Of Racial Progress Nov 14, 2007
Just One In Five Blacks Say They Are Better Off Compared To Five Years Ago, Survey Shows. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13, 2007. (CBS News)
Study: Black pessimism at 20-year high Nov 14, 2007
$7 online stock buys. Study: Black pessimism worst since 1980s. (MSNBC -- Race)
Blacks pessimistic about progress Nov 14, 2007
Outlook on racial equality is worst in decades. Hope Yen Associated Press Nov. 14, 2007 12:00 AM. (AZCentral -- News)
Study: Blacks increasingly less certain about racial progress Nov 14, 2007
Autos HomeCenter Zero In On Your Next Home Free Classifieds. 03:06 PM CST on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Mirror to America Oct 25, 2007
Toby Frost/Columnist. Wed Oct 24, 2007, 04:35 PM EDT. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Freedom Award winner speaks out Oct 19, 2007
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TV Lookout: Highlights for Sept. 23-29 Sep 22, 2007
SIGN UP FOR FREE NEWS ALERTS. Saturday, September 22, 2007 12:26 AM. (Newsmax)
University scholars receive distinguished, named professorships Sep 21, 2007
By William Harms, Steve Koppes, Lien Payne, and Josh Schonwald News Office. Twelve University faculty members, including three new faculty members, have been named distinguished service professors, while 17 scholars at the University have received named professorships. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
A teacher of teachers Aug 31, 2007
Advanced News Search. And, barely a week before the start of the 2007-08 school year, the veteran Colonial staffer had shifted his attention to AVID, a new elective designed to boost the academic success of average students. (Springfield Sun, PA)
Why Congress May Flunk High School Aug 6, 2007
During the days of the Brown VS Board of Education decision, only 24% of blacks under the age of thirty had finished high school. Today that number has grown significantly - 86. (Townhall.com)
Civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill dies at 100 Aug 6, 2007
Oliver W. Hill Sr., a lawyer and former Richmond city councilman who was a pivotal figure in the fight to desegregate schools in Virginia and across the nation, died Sunday at his Richmond home. During the segregation era, Mr. Hill's legal team won landmark decisions involving voting rights, jury selection, access to school buses, employment protection and other matters. (Charlottesville Daily Progress)
Oliver W. Hill, 100; lawyer fought segregation battles Aug 6, 2007
12:52 AM PDT, August 6, 2007. By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post August 6, 2007 WASHINGTON Oliver W. Hill, a Virginia lawyer who helped overturn legal segregation in his native state and was one of the country's foremost civil rights defenders during a six-decade career, died of a heart ailment Sunday at his home in Richmond, Va. (Los Angeles Times)
Students, schools fear end of racial diversity Jul 26, 2007
Secondary Navigation. By Andrea Hopkins Tue Jul 24, 7:09 PM ET. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Dems target Gonzales, Supreme Court Jul 16, 2007
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:55 PM CDT. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Dems hopefuls rip Gonzales, court rulings Jul 16, 2007
Deanna Bellandi Associated Press Jul. CHICAGO - Democrats running for president used a national meeting of trial lawyers on Sunday to attack other lawyers, pillorying Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and ridiculing recent decisions by the conservative-tilting Supreme Court. (AZCentral -- News)
Schooling, not social engineering Jul 13, 2007
The Supreme Court's 1954 Brown vs Board of Education decision marked the beginning of the end for racial segregation in the nation's public schools. It was the right decision for a country in which 17 states mandated school segregation and many others practiced it unofficially. (North County Times)
Group directs professionals to leadership positions Jul 12, 2007
Sara Murray The Arizona Republic Jul. Carol Henry sits on the boards of the Phoenix Birthing Project and the Arizona Humanities Council, but those opportunities may not have happened if she hadn't first joined another Valley group. (AZCentral -- Business)
Post-World War II Kansans reflective of nation, with nuances, speaker says Jul 11, 2007
The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle. Dave Bergmeier Publisher - Editor. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Desegregation in the hands of local trustees Jul 8, 2007
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Little Rock: 50 years since desegregation Jul 7, 2007
Little Rock celebrates 50th anniversary of desegregation - CNN.com. Little Rock celebrates 50th anniversary of desegregation. (CNN -- Travel)
No Need to Assign Schools by Race Jul 6, 2007
The Supreme Court got it right last week when they ruled against school districts assigning classes by race in Louisville, Kentucky and Seattle, Washington. The districts on trial were using race as a factor to help determine where students attended school. (Human Events Online)
Elias A. Blake Jr., 77; an advocate for black colleges Jul 5, 2007
12:26 AM PDT, July 5, 2007. By Matt Schudel, Washington Post July 5, 2007 Elias A. Blake Jr., a former college president who was a leading advocate for the nation's historically black colleges and universities, died June 11 of cardiopulmonary disease at his Washington, D.C., home. (Los Angeles Times)
Nation’s High Court enters new era Jul 3, 2007
NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION. These are the most important decisions on the use of race since Brown vs. Board of Education, said Sharon Browne, a lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation in Sacramento. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Roberts steers law to right Jul 1, 2007
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A lesson I never forgot: There’s value in race diversity Jul 1, 2007
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High court has entered a new era Jul 1, 2007
12:43 AM PDT, July 1, 2007. The chief justice, with help from fellow Bush appointee Alito, carries big rulings to the right -- a generational shift. (Los Angeles Times)
Supreme Court's shift may stick Jul 1, 2007
High court has entered a new era - Los Angeles Times. 12:43 AM PDT, July 1, 2007. (Los Angeles Times)
US split over school race verdict Jun 30, 2007
Mr Obama, hoping to become the first black US president, said the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education ruling that outlawed segregation in schools was the reason he had succeeded in public life. Advocates divided. (BBC News -- Americas)
5-4 decision disrupts schools' integration plans Jun 30, 2007
He said the Seattle and Louisville districts, which sought to preserve multiracial enrollments by considering students' race and other factors, had failed to show that their programs were either necessary or effective. At the same time, Kennedy said, racial diversity "is a compelling educational goal a school district may pursue.'' He said the insistence of Roberts and his three colleagues on color-blindness would wrongly require school authorities to "accept the status quo of racial isolation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Model of desegregation' becoming resegregated, teacher worries Jun 29, 2007
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. (CHRISTOPHER HUFF/T. Susan Till studied the history of desegregation in Orangeburg in her pursuit of a doctoral degree. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Democratic debate focuses on race issues Jun 29, 2007
Bob Mitchell Hardcore Racing. June 28, 2007, 11:25 PM EDT WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and the rest of the Democratic field attacked the Supreme Court's decision Thursday to roll back decades of affirmative action in public schools during a forum focusing on African-American issues. (Newsday)
A setback to equality Jun 29, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007. SF Chronicle Submissions. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Our view on race and schools: Setback for equal education Jun 29, 2007
Secondary Navigation. Fri Jun 29, 12:21 AM ET. (Yahoo News)
Divided Supreme Court votes to blunt use of race in school-integration plans Jun 29, 2007
Mark Sherman Associated Press Jun. WASHINGTON - A half-century after the Supreme Court outlawed segregated schools, sharply divided justices clamped new limits Thursday on local school efforts to make sure children of different races share classrooms. (AZCentral -- News)
Dems decry Supreme Court school ruling Jun 29, 2007
Anti-integration decision becomes big topic at forum for presidential candidates. Dan Nowicki The Arizona Republic Jun. (AZCentral -- News)
Fracturing a landmark Jun 29, 2007
12:42 AM PDT, June 29, 2007. The Supreme Court ruling on school diversity reinterprets the venerable Brown vs. Board of Education ruling. (Los Angeles Times)
Court rejects school integration policies Jun 29, 2007
Justices reject school integration efforts - Los Angeles Times. 12:42 AM PDT, June 29, 2007. (Los Angeles Times)
LR offers plenty tied to 50th anniversary of desegregation Jun 19, 2007
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition. By ANNIE BERGMAN Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:47 AM CDT. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Affirmative action has its place -- but we have to determine where Jun 18, 2007
" Very often we are faced with competing and legitimate principles where the choice is likely to be "right" vs. "right. " Those who have opposed such measures as California's Prop. 209 (I include myself) do not believe that race-consciousness should be disallowed always and everywhere -- no exceptions. That is to be too absolutist, when what is called for -- particularly because cases differ widely -- is measured judgment, flexibility and common sense. It would be unpardonable, as well as stupid... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bumpers says South's 1st school integration kept quiet on purpose Jun 11, 2007
Pine Bluff Commercial Online Edition. Monday, June 11, 2007 1:49 AM CDT. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
School building plan spurs complaints of resegregation Jun 3, 2007
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. LARRY HARDY/ Th the construction of a new K-8 facility, district officials say the students who attended Guinyard Elementary will have more room and be given the same quality facility as students have in Sandy Run. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Prison vs. education spending reveals California's priorities May 29, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007. It has been said that a government's budget isn't only a statement of priorities, but also a reflection of a society's values. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Court ranks supreme for ex-football great May 26, 2007
Pro football's mark on Alan Page was permanent. The little finger on his left hand is bent so severely as to suggest the number 7. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
NBC Impugns Limbaugh Over 'Barack the Magic Negro' Parody Song May 23, 2007
The 2,413th CyberAlert. Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996 12:25pm EDT, Tuesday May 22, 2007 (Vol. (MediaResearch.org)
AN EARLY BLOW FOR EQUALITY May 10, 2007
" She and the film's director, Sandra Robbie, plan to tour the country to raise awareness of the decision. The U.S. Postal Service plans to release a boldly colored stamp in September honoring the ruling's 60th anniversary. The day in 1943 when 8-year-old Sylvia and her younger brothers were turned away from Westminster Elementary because of their dark skin and Spanish last name remains vivid to her. She had been excited to start school in their new town after they moved from Santa Ana. Instead,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Birthday Celebration Held For Oliver Hill May 6, 2007
A big birthday bash was held for civil rights icon Oliver Hill Friday night. Dozens of people packed the Richmond Marriott to celebrate Hill's 100th. (WTVR.com, VA)
Humble Nogalian made history with Tuskegee Airmen Apr 22, 2007
George Washington Briggs of Nogales recently received the Congressional Gold Medal for his service with the Tuskegee Airmen. For Wick News Service. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
4/15/47: A date of destiny Apr 16, 2007
2 of 14 Sports stories. By GARY D'AMATO, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel First published: Sunday, April 15, 2007. (Albany Times Union)
Wearing the jersey, honoring the man Apr 15, 2007
Ask him to identify the most important player and the most significant date, and Selig doesn't hesitate. "I've often described it as the most powerful and greatest moment in baseball history," Selig said. (New Haven Register, CT)
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Covering all of Santa Cruz County, AZ - Nogales International. Shake the hand of honor. (Nogales International, AZ)
60th Anniversary Apr 13, 2007
SI.com - MLB - Has baseball betrayed Jackie Robinson. - Thursday April 12, 2007 11:01PM. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
Sixty years later, Jackie Robinson’s legacy lives on Apr 12, 2007
Leavenworth Times - Sports. Thursday, April 12, 2007. (Leavenworth Times, KS)
Blazing the trail: Color barrier fell 60 years ago` Apr 12, 2007
Helena Independent Record. Helena Independent Record. (Helena Independent Record)
Robinson's legacy: 60 years later Apr 12, 2007
April 12, 2007 ONLINE EDITION. NEW YORK (AP) -- Rachel Robinson still has vivid memories of April 15, 1947, when her husband changed America forever. (Sioux City Journal)
Pipes pens book about 'Ike's Final Battle' Apr 7, 2007
The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle. Pipes pens book about 'Ike's Final Battle. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Gallego highlights 'Little Mexico' success in lecture Mar 30, 2007
While local history has tended to overlook the Mexican-American majority in Alpine, Gallego is a descendant of one of the city's founding families. He is also a 1969 graduate of Alpine High School, a watershed year in local history, marking the final desegregation of Alpine schools and the closure of the Centennial School, which was reserved for "Mexicans" and-after the "colored school" was closed in 1954, for African-American students. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Inside Politics (Greg Pierce) Mar 21, 2007
Inside Politics - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper. March 20, 2007 Nation/Politics. (Washington Times, DC)
Obama the 'Magic Negro' Mar 19, 2007
12:53 AM PDT, March 19, 2007. Obama the 'Magic Negro. (Los Angeles Times)
