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October 16, 2011
Blogging the Beltway: Unapologetically political, the ceremony didn't shy away from King's more radical legacy.
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by Lynette Holloway onOctober 1, 2011
Just 2 percent of U.S. high school seniors in 2010 could fully answer a basic question about the historic Brown v. Board of Education case.
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by Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar onAugust 26, 2011
In the twisted right-wing version of history, whites are bias victims. Meanwhile, the poor get stiffed.
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by Denise Stewart onAugust 20, 2011
Amelia Boynton Robinson shares her thoughts on President Obama, the Tea Party and the secret to long life.
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by Jack White onAugust 19, 2011
RightWatch: In the 1960s, Alabama Gov. George Wallace whipped up white opposition to civil rights advances. Is the Tea Party déjà vu all over again?
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by Washington Post onAugust 18, 2011
Ethel Payne, a reporter at the Chicago Defender, began her Washington career as one of three accredited African Americans in the White House press corps.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onJuly 7, 2011
A documentary that chronicles the stories of a barber-turned-civil rights leader during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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by Washington Post onJune 6, 2011
Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson decided to start a new civil rights education organization that would bear their famous names.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onMay 26, 2011
A new book that examines the close relationship between race, gender and equality.
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by Cynthia Gordy onMay 19, 2011
Fifty years after taking part in the Freedom Rides, Lewis issues a challenge for today's generation.
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