civil rights
The ruckus over Harry Reid
January 11, 2010Words do matter. But Republicans are the worst offenders when it comes to racism.
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Keep Cesar Chavez in Texas textbooks, UFW urges
January 11, 2010The United Farm Workers of America is urging supporters to stop the Texas state Board of Education from eliminating Cesar Chavez and other historic Latino leaders from public school textbooks.
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Lester Rodney: Daily Worker sports editor led struggle to integrate baseball
January 6, 2010Lester Rodney, who as sports editor for the Daily Worker from 1936 to 1958, helped lead the struggle that broke major league baseball's color barrier, died Dec. 20 in Walnut Creek, Calif.
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Feds, civil rights groups gear up for 2010 Census
January 5, 2010The Obama administration launched an unprecedented $340 million promotional blitz for the 2010 Census on Monday with the debut of the Census Portrait of America Road Tour.
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Miami lessons: civil rights, recounts and tea-bags
December 11, 2009Before the civil rights movement burst onto the national scene, Bobbi Graff and people like her were leading struggles against lynching and police brutality and for desegregation.
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