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Today in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born
February 15, 2013Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.
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Today in black history: National Negro Congress formed
February 14, 2013On this day, in 1935 the National Negro Congress held its first convention in Chicago. 817 delegates attended. The group grew out of a conference at Howard University on the economic status of African American Americans...
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Virginia town was center of civil rights struggle
February 11, 2013Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 called the Danville Police Department one of the most brutal and vicious he had come across.
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Demands grow for fair and inclusive immigration reform
February 11, 2013Immigrant rights organizations, labor, faith based, and civil rights groups have embraced the urgency for comprehensive immigration reform.
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Sexism, elections, and prison sentences for anti-fascists in Germany
February 4, 2013There were tweets every minute and soon tens of thousands of electronic messages - all about sexual harassment and sexism in general.
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