Racial Discrimination News
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Pittsburgh officers accused of beating teen are suspended
4:27 PM on 02/01/2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The city of Pittsburgh has suspended three white police officers while officials investigate accusations that they beat up a black teenage arts student...
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Family plans lawsuit against police over Pittsburgh teen beating
4:36 PM on 01/27/2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jordan Miles, an 18-year-old who attends a prestigious Pittsburgh arts school, said three white undercover officers beat him on Jan. 12 as he walked from his mother's home to his grandmother's house...
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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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Author follows cold cases, examines Mississippi's racial struggles
8:14 AM on 12/22/2009
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Harry MacLean was a daily spectator in 2007 when federal prosecutors put part of Mississippi's troubled racial past on trial...
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Teacher wins discrimination suit
9:12 AM on 12/02/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A jury has found that the elite Boston Latin School retaliated against a black teacher who claimed discrimination after administrators stripped him of his teaching position...
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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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White family with black foster child targeted in Pa. cross burning
8:55 AM on 11/17/2009
VIDEO - A white western Pennsylvania family that took in a black teenage foster child said they were targeted by a wooden cross burned outside their home...
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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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Cheerleading squad quits after alleged racial discrimination
10:50 AM on 10/30/2009
VIDEO - The cheerleading squad and coaches at Portland, Oregon's Lincoln High School have resigned. Principal Peyton Chapman confirmed that coaches Tori Cotton...
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Students accuse Chicago bar of racial discrimination
12:33 PM on 10/28/2009
Students from Washington University in St. Louis raised civil rights complaints against a popular Chicago nightclub.
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