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  • September 2008

    • Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

      (Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating anti-Obama letters sent to a local Democratic office and a business in south-central Michigan, the AP reports, even as authorities in Pittsfield Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit, say an Obama billboard was defaced with swastikas and Klan symbols overnight. One letter declares a wish Obama “gets a bullet,” while the other threatens a business supporting the campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • Michigan  • racism  • Ku Klux Klan  • vandalism  • graffiti  • KKK

    • Court Tosses Ex-Klansman's Conviction in '64 Murders

      Clarion-Ledger  |  Sep 10, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      Court Tosses Ex-Klansman's Conviction in '64 Murders

      (Newser) - A federal appeals court has thrown out last year's conspiracy and kidnapping conviction of an ex-Klansman involved in the murders of two black teens in Mississippi in 1964. Lawyers for James Ford Seale said they will seek to have the 72-year-old cancer patient, who was serving three life sentences, freed on bond. "The court didn't reverse it on the facts," the US attorney told the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. "They reversed it on a technicality." More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • civil rights  • hate crime  • conspiracy  • appeal  • Ku Klux Klan  • KKK  • Charles Eddie Moore  • Henry Hezekiah Dee  • James Ford Seale

  • July 2008

    • Beyond Race? Politics Beyond Sensitive, More Like It

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 7, 08 1:18 PM CDT

      Beyond Race? Politics Beyond Sensitive, More Like It

      (Newser) - The story of an indicted Indiana student janitor underlines "super-heated capacities for perceiving insult" that color race issues in America—issues playing out in the presidential contest, too, Dorothy Rabinowitz writes in the Wall Street Journal . "Its presence is evident in this election campaign," she writes, "which has seen more than a touch of readiness to impute some form of racism to all tough criticisms of Barack Obama." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Bill Clinton  • racism  • Ku Klux Klan  • Indiana University

  • May 2008

    • Secret Service Is Racist, Suit Alleges

      ABC News  |  May 29, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Secret Service Is Racist, Suit Alleges

      (Newser) - A culture of racism lurks behind the dark glasses of the Secret Service, claims a lawsuit filed by more than 100 current and former black agents who say they were denied promotions. The Service denies the charges, but the suit has brought troubling emails to light, ABC News reports. One circulated among supervisors says a Jesse Jackson assassination “certainly wouldn’t be a great loss,” and others include racially crude jokes. More »

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      lawsuit  • race relations  • racism  • Secret Service  • Ku Klux Klan  • racial tension

    • How the Left Wing Brought Me Down

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 20, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      How the Left Wing Brought Me Down

      (Newser) - Controversial civil-rights lawyer Hans von Spakovsky, who last week withdrew from consideration for appointment to the Federal Election Commission, pens a post-mortem of his own candidacy in the Wall Street Journa l. Asserting that “character assassination … has become the norm” for conservatives in confirmation battles, von Spakovsky says calling out Justice left-wingers was a key part of his downfall. More »

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      Nazi  • ACLU  • partisanship  • Ku Klux Klan  • FEC  • Hans von Spakovsky

    • Robert Byrd Endorses Obama

      Charleston Gazette  |  May 19, 08 4:24 PM CDT

      Robert Byrd Endorses Obama

      (Newser) - West Virginia's Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator ever and a former Ku Klux Klansman, today endorsed Barack Obama, calling him “a noble-hearted patriot and humble Christian.” The 90-year-old, who's fourth in line for the presidency, threw his support behind Obama one week after his state voted for Hillary Clinton by a 41-point margin, the Charleston Gazette reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • endorsement  • West Virginia primary  • Ku Klux Klan  • Robert Byrd

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Jesse Jackson Outraged on Umps' Behalf

      Associated Press  |  Feb 1, 08 7:11 AM CST

      Jesse Jackson Outraged on Umps' Behalf

      (Newser) - Major League Baseball's umpires are fighting mad, and Jesse Jackson is behind them 100%, after reports surfaced that league officials have been asking umps' neighbors questions about marijuana use, domestic violence, and potential membership in the Ku Klux Klan. "They have essentially defamed their people in their own neighborhoods," Jackson told the AP. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • Jesse Jackson  • Tim Donaghy  • Ku Klux Klan  • background check  • umpires

  • October 2007

    • Dems Slam Feds for Inaction on Noose Crimes

      Washington Post  |  Oct 20, 07 5:18 PM CDT

      Dems Slam Feds for Inaction on Noose Crimes

      (Newser) - Dems blasted the feds this week for not pursuing a nationwide spate of noose crimes. More than a half dozen nooses left in Maryland, Memphis, New York, and Pittsburgh have prompted no arrests, the Washington Post reports. But acting Attorney General Peter Keisler claims that the FBI and Department of Justice "are actively investigating these incidents." More »

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      FBI  • Department of Justice  • hate crime  • Ku Klux Klan  • noose  • Jena 6

  • August 2007
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