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Van Jones returns: 'I'm more committed to the politics of hope now'
9:19 AM on 02/26/2010
OPINION - So what's on Jones' mind these days? Everything from the meaning of the NAACP Image award to the African-American community's role in the green economy...
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Why Obama should reconcile with Rev. Jesse Jackson
8:05 AM on 02/23/2010
OPINION - President Obama should embrace the legacy and wisdom of Rev. Jackson--and so should the rest of us...
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NAACP elects youngest chairman to appeal to new generation
3:50 PM on 02/20/2010
Roslyn M. Brock's election as chairman of the NAACP is being hailed by the civil rights organization as a "generational shift" in leadership...
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TheGrio's 100: Spirit Trickey-Rowan, educating the next generation
10:00 AM on 02/06/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Whether I'm here at the historic site or through artistic means like a play, I want to keep this history alive...
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The sit-ins that changed America
12:06 PM on 02/02/2010
From The LA Times: Of the big events of the early civil rights movement, the sit-ins have always been the least understood and, yet, the most important for today's young activists...
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Slideshow: White Americans who made black history
8:19 AM on 02/02/2010
These are just a few of the non-blacks throughout our nation's history who have made significant contributions to the advancement of African-Americans that are often overlooked...
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Barbershop Buzz: Is Black History Month still relevant?
8:09 AM on 02/02/2010
VIDEO - From slavery to the civil rights movement, there are moments in African-American history that should never be forgotten. But in the age of Obama is Black History Month still necessary?
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The pros and cons of Black History Month
7:47 AM on 02/02/2010
OPINION - Since most Americans are woefully uneducated on African-American history, it's clear that allocating one month to the topic is not enough...
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50th anniversary of Woolworth lunch counter sit-in
1:41 PM on 02/01/2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Monday is opening day for the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C., where a sit-in that changed America took place 50 years ago...
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Civil rights icon Joseph Lowery hospitalized
9:21 AM on 02/01/2010
ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a friend of the 88-year-old says Lowery was admitted to a hospital on Saturday and placed in an intensive care unit as a precaution...
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Sen. Harry Reid: Black history is American history
7:27 AM on 02/01/2010
OPINION - The contributions of black Americans are ingrained in our nation's DNA...
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"Freedom's Sisters" exhibit opens in Chicago
5:58 PM on 01/25/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - An interactive exhibit chronicling the lives of 20 black women who played roles in the struggle for civil rights and equality opened in Chicago this weekend...
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Cornel West urges people not to 'sanitize' King's legacy
10:47 AM on 01/19/2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Scholar and activist Cornel West invoked the fiery side of Martin Luther King Jr.'s rhetoric Monday...
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'The dream' is still a dream
12:06 PM on 01/18/2010
OPINION - What many fail to realize is that Dr. King was no dreamer. He was a prophet and a true revolutionary...
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US Justice Dept. sues swim club for race bias
8:39 AM on 01/14/2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -The Justice Department accused a swim club of race bias six months after the club barred a group of mostly black day campers from their pool...
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School should be a place for learning, not a battleground
8:12 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - During the civil rights movement, black students required military escorts just to go to school. Back then, the issue was school desegregation. Today, the issue is school safety and the threat of student violence.
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NAACP files complaint against North Carolina school district
9:00 AM on 12/02/2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --The NAACP has filed a federal complaint against an eastern North Carolina public school system. The organization claims the district has deliberately segregated schools.
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Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP
1:18 PM on 11/24/2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...
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Museum to commemorate 'Little Rock Nine'
2:24 PM on 11/23/2009
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Every day before heading to Little Rock Central High School in the fall of 1957, nine black students gathered to prepare for the angry mob they faced...
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Precious director may march to Selma
12:12 PM on 11/18/2009
FROM THE GUARDIAN> It is the Alabama town forever associated with the civil rights struggle after state troopers clubbed and tear-gassed activists as they tried to march on the state capital, Montgomery, 54 miles away. Now the story of the historic marches from Selma in 1965, which led to legislation...
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'All black people' asked to leave Wal-Mart
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ (AP) - On Sunday evening at the store, a male voice calmly announced: "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."...
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