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December 27, 2009
Mexico reconsiders its war on drugs, Poet and activist Dennis Brutus dies, and Percy Sutton, New York politician and businessman, 89, gone.
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August 26, 2009
Ted Kennedy was as much a masterful communicator as a skilled legislator. His urgent message was simple and lasting: We must build a fair and just society.
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by Wil Haygood onMarch 25, 2009
The renowned historian, author and professor at Duke University died Wednesday at the age of 94.
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by Keith Josef Adkins onDecember 3, 2008
The folk and blues singer died last night in New York. She was one of five major players that shaped my consciousness. Her voice provided a soundtrack to the civil rights movement, and although I was about 15 years too late, she helped my mind grow.
