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Blacks Get Weave; Can Whites Get Locks?
Race Manners: You can, but it's not the same. Don't expect to enjoy the style without the scrutiny.
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America: More Diverse yet Less Equal?
A decline in white births comes at a time when two key civil rights programs may be dismantled.
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Bill Clinton Needs to Shut Up
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
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Alabama County May Change Voting Rights
Shelby, which is challenging Section 5, has changed, but voter advocates say work is still needed.
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Listen Up! Boehner Says GOP Will Repeal Health Care Law
We're just as shocked as you are.
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David Axelrod Says: No New Drilling
Following the oil spill off the Gulf coast, Axelrod says off-shore drilling will cease for the time being.
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Listen Up: SCLC Struggles to Stay Relevant
Organizations led by civil rights leaders Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, who both died this month, were in the forefront of the fight for equal rights, but they are now struggling to stay relevant.
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Myron Rolle Can Lay You Out and Then Help You Recover
Star athlete. Rhodes Scholar. Myron Rolle is a true renaissance man.
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Listen Up! Mexico Not Feeling AZ's Immigration Law
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the measure will open the door to "intolerance, hate, discrimination and abuse" of Mexican citizens.
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AZ Sheriff Refuses to Enforce New Immigration Law
Clarence Dupnik isn't down with Arizona's new policy.
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President Praises Dorothy Height's Achievements at Funeral
One of the remaining giants of the civil rights struggle is sent off in praise.
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Harvard Law Students Says: Maybe Intelligence is Genetic
And, as such, says maybe that explains why Black people aren't that smart as a group compared to their counterparts of other races.
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'Alvin Ailey' Chooses New Artistic Director
Robert Battle announced as Judith Jamison's successor to lead dance troupe

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