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Slideshow: 12 key civil rights moments of the decade
10:26 AM on 12/21/2009
OPINION - The first decade of the new century has been marked by incredible triumphs, ongoing challenges, and a number of historic moments...
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Sotomayor becomes first Hispanic justice on Supreme Court
3:43 PM on 08/06/2009
The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S.Supreme Court.The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve...
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Sotomayor's confirmation punctuates another civil rights milestone
3:30 PM on 08/06/2009
This afternoon, the Senate voted to make Sonia Sotomayor the first Latina and only the third woman...
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Sotomayor addresses "wise Latina" comment, abortion
2:32 PM on 07/14/2009
President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, is on the hotseat before a Senate committee during today's confirmation hearings
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Sotomayor confirmation hearings begin
8:27 AM on 07/13/2009
A Senate panel began confirmation hearings Monday for President Barack Obama's choice for the U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, who is almost assured of becoming the the first Hispanic and third female justice on the nation's top tribunal...
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Lessons from Sonia and Barack
7:50 AM on 07/13/2009
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Partisan politics aside, Judge Sonia Sotomayor and President Barack Obama present themselves to the world as middle-aged poster children for everything that can be right in Black and Latino America. I'm not talking about their political achievements - politics can be a tacky and phony popularity contest,...
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Sotomayor's effect on race debate
7:47 AM on 07/13/2009
(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) With Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings beginning on July 13, the political peanut gallery will likely once again reach saturation with hackneyed characterizations of both her judicial philosophy and her place in history. Whether she is regarded warily as an "activist judge" or openly...
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Colin Powell attacks Sotomayor critics
9:28 AM on 07/05/2009
Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action. Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood...
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White firefighters win Supreme Court discrimination case
1:58 PM on 06/29/2009
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
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Post-racial not a reality
8:19 AM on 06/22/2009
America has long made a virtue of confusing her aspirations with her reality. Such optimism is a permanent part of our national character; and while it has its rewards, we have paid a hefty price for it when it comes to matters of race. In slightly less than one month...
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Sotomayor can never be a racist
10:07 AM on 06/11/2009
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The Republicans are losing their minds. How else to explain the transparency in their vicious attacks on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor? What makes the charges of racism lodged by Newt Gingrich - who has since said he was wrong to call Sotomayor a racist...
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Al Sharpton endorses Sotomayor (video)
6:09 PM on 05/27/2009
NEW YORK - Rev. Al Sharpton today endorsed Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for Supreme Court Justice. During a news conference, Sharpton said, "What we saw yesterday was a message to all America, black, white, Latino, that you can come from the south Bronx and end up in the supreme...
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Obama picks Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court (video)
11:17 AM on 05/26/2009
WASHINGTON - President Obama has nominated Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the United States Supreme Court. If confirmed, Sotomayor would become the first Hispanic-American to serve on the high court. Sotomayor grew up poor in the South Bronx, yet she graduated from Yale Law School. Today...
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