Shirley Sherrod News

Why black America is rooting against Rupert Murdoch

By Edward Wyckoff Williams

9:19 AM on 07/20/2011

OPINION - The coded racism and race-baiting by Fox News contributors and hosts means that Murdoch will find very few friends in the African-American community...
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Shirley Sherrod's case against Brietbart to begin

By theGrio

11:30 AM on 07/19/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - A year to the day after Shirley Sherrod was ousted from the Agriculture Department, the former government employee is still seeking vindication...
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Why the Weiner scandal won't vindicate Breitbart

By Nida Khan

9:12 AM on 06/08/2011

OPINION - Let's be clear about one thing, Rep. Weiner's actions are in no way, shape or form excusable, but we must remember that Breitbart is far from an innocent bystander...
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USDA discusses outreach work with Shirley Sherrod

By theGrio

3:28 PM on 05/14/2011

ATLANTA (AP) - The administration has been in talks with Shirley Sherrod, who resigned last year as Georgia's director of rural development...
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Study: USDA still plagued by civil rights problems

By theGrio

1:16 PM on 05/11/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack arranged for the $8 million review as part of an effort to address long-running problems, many involving minorities denied loans...
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Gingrich has already lost the minority vote

By David A. Love

8:50 AM on 05/11/2011

OPINION - As one reporter said of Newt Gingrich, 'It was the racism that threw me'...
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Payback? Ousted employee Sherrod sues Breitbart

By theGrio

2:33 PM on 02/14/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Shirley Sherrod said Monday that she is "still reeling" after she was ousted in a racial firestorm in July...
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Slideshow: The top 10 civil rights conflicts of 2010

By Kristen Clarke

9:07 AM on 12/28/2010

SLIDESHOW - The work of civil rights lawyers and advocates has not slowed in the wake of the 2008 presidential election...
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Black farmers find a way to triumph over historic obstacles

By Jeff Johnson

8:54 AM on 12/08/2010

OPINION - Thousands of farmers will reap justice after sowing decades of activist mobilization in the face of USDA discrimination...
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ABC drops Breitbart from election night coverage

By theGrio

5:16 PM on 11/02/2010

HUFFINGTON POST - In response, Breitbart posted internal emails sent to him by ABC producers on his website...
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Why is ABC News backing race-baiter Breitbart?

By David A. Love

8:02 AM on 11/01/2010

OPINION - After this unfair and unwarranted attack on Shirley Sherrod, Breitbart should have faded into obscurity, never to be heard from again...
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E-mails: Vilsack hastily decided to oust Sherrod

By theGrio

8:08 AM on 10/08/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vilsack has repeatedly said he made the decision to ask her to leave the department alone, with no consultation from the White House...
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Shirley Sherrod to address Omaha NAACP banquet

By theGrio

8:40 AM on 10/05/2010

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Sherrod was asked to leave her job as Georgia's director of rural development in July after comments she made in March were misconstrued as racist...
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Blacks begin to close the happiness gap with whites

By theGrio

1:01 PM on 08/27/2010

Economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers from the Univ. of Pennsylvania found that the gap between black and white happiness has declined by about 40 percent...
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Shirley Sherrod rejects job offer from USDA

By theGrio

3:06 PM on 08/24/2010

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Vilsack said that Sherrod did agree to work with the agency in a consulting capacity in the future to help it improve its civil rights performance...
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Sherrod to meet with Vilsack on job offer

By theGrio

1:08 PM on 08/23/2010

EPES, Ala. (AP) - Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign last month after a conservative blogger posted excerpts from a March speech depicting her as racist...
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Black farmers lose faith, lives waiting for settlement money

By Jennifer H. Cunningham

9:09 AM on 08/23/2010

theGRIO REPORT - Many farmers have become frustrated and suffer from low morale after little tangible resolution more than decade after they initially filed their claims...
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Shirley Sherrod interview: Fired USDA official describes her ordeal, blames Fox News

By theGrio

4:07 PM on 08/19/2010

Despite being fired, Shirley Sherrod still believes in America and the promise of a multiracial society living in harmony, but blames Fox News for the misconstrued remarks...
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Shirley Sherrod to meet with USDA officials for job offer

By theGrio

12:23 PM on 08/18/2010

From The Huffington Post - Shirley Sherrod may be going to DC to meet with USDA officials to discuss the promotion they offered her during the scandal...
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Is 'reverse racism' real?

By Jennifer H. Cunningham

9:02 AM on 08/18/2010

theGRIO REPORT - The concept is deeply rooted in the idea of race in the context of power and privilege in society, and has been internalized by Americans both black and white...
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