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  • July 2007

    • Lynchings Re-enacted to Probe Cases

      CNN  |  Jul 27, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      Lynchings Re-enacted to Probe Cases

      (Newser) - Graphic re-enactments of lynchings, including ketchup-covered doll ‘fetuses’ ripped from ‘pregnant victims,’ were staged in a Georgia campaign to warm up some cold civil rights cases, CNN reports. Some groups have also offered private rewards, as local and national efforts converge in a desire to bring '60s-era murderers to justice. More »

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      Congress  • murder  • crime  • FBI  • Georgia  • civil rights  • lynching

    • Germany Weighs Civil Liberties Against Security

      New York Times  |  Jul 13, 07 4:23 PM CDT

      Germany Weighs Civil Liberties Against Security

      (Newser) - Sensing a growing threat from Islamic terrorists, Germany's top security official is pushing for new measures to monitor suspects and deal with attacks, the Times reports. But the interior minister's moves have ignited a firestorm of controversy in a country overly familiar with authoritarian rule. Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed limited support for the ideas. More »

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      Germany  • Angela Merkel  • civil rights  • counterterrorism

  • June 2007

    • Movie Critic Joel Siegel Dead at 63

      Hole Card Blog  |  Jun 30, 07 10:26 AM CDT

      Movie Critic Joel Siegel Dead at 63

      (Newser) - Joel Siegel, the veteran film critic for Good Morning America known for concision and wit, died yesterday after a long battle with colon cancer. Siegel's good humor and enthusiasm for movies didn't stop him from delivering a well-aimed pan.  "No one had more fun writing about a bad movie than Joel,"  one station manager told the AP. More »

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      movie  • film  • obituary  • civil rights  • colon cancer  • Robert F. Kennedy  • Good Morning America  • critic  • Joel Siegel

    • Ex-Klansman Guilty in '64 Teen Murders

      CNN  |  Jun 15, 07 7:46 AM CDT

      Ex-Klansman Guilty in '64 Teen Murders

      (Newser) - A former Klansman was convicted yesterday of conspiracy and kidnapping in the 1964 murder of two black teenagers. The prosecution's star witness was a Klan member who said he and James Ford Seale stuffed the 19-year-olds into their trunk and drowned them in the Mississippi River. The jury deliberated for about 2 hours, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported. More »

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

  • May 2007

    • High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      Washington Post  |  May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT

      High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be filed within the 180-day window proscribed by the Civil Rights Act. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • women  • civil rights  • discrimination  • women's rights  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg  • Civil Rights Act

    • Prosecutors Reopen Civil Rights Case

      Montgomery Advertiser (Alamaba)  |  May 11, 07 4:39 PM CDT

      Prosecutors Reopen Civil Rights Case

      (Newser) - Alabama prosecutors have reopened a decades-old murder case that helped spark the seminal Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. James Bonard Fowler, 73, a former state trooper, turned himself in yesterday after being indicted the 1965 murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson, whom prosecutors say he shot and killed during a demonstration in Marion. More »

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      civil rights  • Alabama

  • April 2007

    • Imus Affair Could Cost Obama

      Boston Globe  |  Apr 11, 07 10:11 AM CDT

      Imus Affair Could Cost Obama

      (Newser) - The Don Imus meltdown could have fallout for Barack Obama, as critics note that he kept his mouth shut for five days—until after the suspension—before condemning the shock jock's crude racial jokes. The candidate's caution is signaling to some black leaders that he isn't going to take a hard-line stance on civil rights, the Boston Globe notes.  More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • presidential campaign  • civil rights  • Don Imus

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