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Setting the record straight for Emmett Till

January 28, 2010 By Teresa Albano

A review of "Simeon's Story, An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till" and an interview with the author, Simeon Wright.

Don Belton: How homophobia turned love into death

January 25, 2010 By John Wojcik

The mutilated body of Don Belton, an African American English professor at Indiana University, was found in his Bloomington apartment three days after Christmas.

Black lawmakers and EPA launch environmental justice tour

January 22, 2010 By Joel Wendland-Liu

The Environmental Protection Agency/Congressional Black Caucus tour kicks off in Mississippi, aiming to "highlight environmental justice challenges faced by Americans in all communities."

Mumia case receives setback

January 22, 2010 By Joe Sims

A new petition campaign is being organized, calling on Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama to investigate civil rights violations.

Racism and counter-revolution: Cuba and Haiti

January 21, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

U.S. media reports have cast Haitian earthquake survivors as potentially violent. Like Afro-Cuban rebels before them, they were scorned.