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Black soldiers continue to fight for country and equality
10:30 AM on 11/11/2009
OPINION - The military, as an institution, is a reflection of the society that it serves. But is that reflection one we want to look at...
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NY suburbs to market affordable housing to minorites
11:33 AM on 08/10/2009
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) --The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in.
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theGrio Reflects: What it took to integrate Central High School
10:50 AM on 07/13/2009
In 1957, the campus of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, became a battleground in the fight for school desegregation. Crowds greeted nine black students, six girls and three boys, to school in September with chants of, "Two, four, six, eight, we don't want to integrate!" These students became...
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Obama seeks to reassure seniors on health care
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