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Notables in Black Culture We Lost in 2012
Carter, who was a civil rights attorney for the NAACP, is best known for developing the legal strategy in cases that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. Carter became NAACP general counsel in 1956 and would go on to win 21 of 22 cases that he argued before the…
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Notables in Black Culture We Lost in 2012
Carter, who was a civil rights attorney for the NAACP, is best known for developing the legal strategy in cases that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954. Carter became NAACP general counsel in 1956 and would go on to win 21 of 22 cases that he argued before the…
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NRA: Inspired by Black Panthers?
The National Rifle Association was inspired by the Black Panthers? Yes, according to Adam Winkler, a professor of constitutional law at UCLA School of Law and author of “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America.” Winkler said over the weekend on NPR’s “On the Media”: “One of the surprising things I…
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What Became of the Hip-Hop Politicians?
(The Root) — During the Congressional Black Caucus legislative week in 2004, there was a fundraising reception held for a young black politician from Chicago who hoped to represent his state in the U.S. Senate. The honorary chairs of the fundraiser were Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.), Artur Davis (D-Ala.) and…
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Meet 22 People Exonerated in 2012
For the fourth year in a row, the Innocence Project, an organization dedicated to overturning wrongful convictions as well as making substantive reforms to the criminal-justice system, has released an annual report of people who were exonerated this year after spending time behind bars for crimes they did not commit. This year’s roundup includes 22…
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Civil Rights Leader Jesse Hill Jr. Dead at 86
Jesse Hill Jr., an Atlanta civil rights leader and businessman who became the first black president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, died Monday at age 86, the Associated Press reports. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said that Hill was an essential figure in bridging the divide between the business community and the African-American community. “Atlanta…
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One Mother of a Mentally Ill Child Speaks Out
As many Americans are still reeling from the violent mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, one mother, Liza Long, wrote about her own experiences on her blog, the Anarchist Soccer Mom. Long’s account of her son, Michael (not his real name), who is sweet and smart but also wildly violent and unpredictable, enlarges…
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Station Says Axing Was About Policy, Not Hair
Responding to an uproar over the firing of Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist who responded to criticism of her short Afro on the station’s Facebook site, the news director at KTBS in Shreveport, La., said the firing was over violations of station policy, not her hair. Randy Bain, KTBS news director, pointed to a memo emailed…
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Fired From TV for Explaining Black Hair?
A black female meteorologist has been fired from the ABC affiliate in Shreveport, La., she told Journal-isms, because she responded to a racial remark posted by a viewer on the station’s Facebook page. KTBS-TV’s action against Rhonda Lee followed a previous response by Lee to a viewer who questioned whether she should wear her short…
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Can Black Clergy Reframe AIDS Fight?
(The Root) — From Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for civil rights in the 1960s to Rev. Al Sharpton and the fight against racial profiling and police brutality today, members of the clergy have been key leaders in some of the black community’s most important battles. Yet there is one issue plaguing the community…