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 Obama to
 NAACP: 'Seize
 Responsibility' 

Candidate pushes home message on accountability at NAACP convention

Jul 15, 08 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama stood firm on his message to blacks of personal responsibility in his speech to the NAACP convention yesterday, reports the Chicago Tribune. The candidate, accused by Jesse Jackson last week of "talking down to black people," revisited his theme of personal accountability while stressing that responsibility... More »

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Barack Obama • black community • civil rights • NAACP • African-American voters • African-Americans

AMA to Apologize for Racist Past

Group long barred black docs, kept mum on civil rights

Jul 10, 08 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The American Medical Association is to offer a full apology today for more than a century of racism against African Americans, reports the Washington Post. The country's largest medical association effectively barred black doctors for many years and stayed silent while the country was divided on efforts to end racial... More »

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African Americans • discrimination • racism • doctor • civil rights • apology • American Medical Association

OPINION

Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

Right-wing senator hired blacks and battled AIDS with Bono

Jul 5, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many remember Jesse Helms as an unflinching bigot who fought civil rights and foreign aid, but the former North Carolina senator also softened some views and befriended Bono, John Hunt writes in the Wall Street Journal. “Contrary to his reputation, Helms did change his mind,” Hunt notes:... More »

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Republican • conservative • North Carolina • Ronald Reagan • civil rights • Jesse Helms • senator

Opinion

 Real Patriots Criticize
 the Government 

American ideals more important than scare of the minute

Jul 4, 08 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patriotism is the word of the day, but what does it mean? For Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, it means fighting for your country’s ideals. "I believe I'm lucky to be an American because our founding document embraces the revolutionary idea that any citizen should be able... More »

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constitution • civil rights • freedom of speech • patriotism

UPDATED

Ex-Senator Jesse Helms
Dead at 86

Conservative icon had been in poor health since retirement

Jul 4, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Helms, a polarizing figure who represented North Carolina in the US Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2003, died today in Raleigh, the News & Observer reports. He was 86. A pro-segregation TV commentator before entering national politics, the first Republican senator from North Carolina since Reconstruction opposed... More »

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Republican • conservative • North Carolina • Senate Republicans • civil rights • segregation • Senate GOP • Jesse Helms • conservatives

Obama's Rise Sparks Affirmative Action Debate

Candidate's success has some calling for a rethink of equality policies

Jun 14, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's ascent to the verge of the presidency has stoked the debate on affirmative action, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some wonder how far an African-American will have to rise for the playing field to be declared level, while others point to continued inequality and argue that Obama doesn't... More »

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Barack Obama • race relations • affirmative action • civil rights

Superhero Dads Protest on Lawmaker's Roof

Fathers' group demonstrates for paternal access rights

Jun 8, 08 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dads in superhero getups climbed on a British lawmaker's roof today to demand their rights, the AP reports. A fathers' group staged the protest to promote paternal access rights, after talks with 10 Downing St. broke down. “We are now resuming a full-scale campaign of direct action,”... More »

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protests • superhero • civil rights • father • Britain • British officials • Harriet Harman • costume

 Scouts Dig In
 for Philly Fight
 Over Gays 

Battling city over eviction for barring gays

May 28, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Philadelphia chapter of the Boy Scouts of America is locked in a legal battle with the city over the group's refusal to enroll gays. Philadelphia gave the Scouts an ultimatum to quit their historic city-owned headquarters—or pay a new fair-market annual rent of $200,000. The Scouts have... More »

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Philadelphia • civil rights • US Supreme Court • United Way • gays • Boy Scouts of America • atheists • Cradle of Liberty • Shelley R. Smith

NYPD Arrests Sharpton,
Bell's Fiancée at Protests

Hundreds march against acquittal of officers in shooting

May 7, 08 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York City police arrested the Rev. Al Sharpton and the fiancée and mother of Sean Bell today during protests over the April 25 acquittal of three officers who shot Bell to death in a 50-bullet barrage. Hundreds blocked traffic at the Brooklyn Bridge and other city hot spots,... More »

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NYPD • New York City • Al Sharpton • civil rights • police brutality • racial tension • Sean Bell

Woman Who Defied Interracial Marriage Ban Dies at 68

Mildred Loving launched case that led to Supreme Court changing law in 1967

May 5, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mildred Loving, whose challenge to Virginia law led to the Supreme Court decision overturning bans on racially mixed marriage, has died at the age of 68. Loving, who was black, and her white husband Richard pleaded guilty to “cohabiting as man and wife, against the peace and dignity of... More »

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obituary • race relations • civil rights • US Supreme Court • interracial marriage • Mildred Loving

After Bell Shooting, NYPD Awaits Its Own Verdict

Case 'revealed significant deficiencies' in undercover operations: critic

Apr 26, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York judge yesterday cleared the detectives who fatally shot Sean Bell, but the NYPD is awaiting its own verdict, after the case provoked charges of shoddy undercover police work. The shooting “revealed significant deficiencies in supervision, tactical planning, communications and management accountability,” said the Queens district... More »

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NYPD • Al Sharpton • police • New York • trial • civil rights • police brutality • verdict • Sean Bell

 Sharpton: Bell Verdict 
 'Abortion of Justice' 

Feds will look into civil-rights charges against NYPD officers

Apr 25, 08 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Al Sharpton blasted today's acquittal of three NYPD officers who killed an unarmed man in a 50-slug fusillade in 2006, CNN reports. "Justice didn't miscarry," Sharpton said. "This was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted." Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged citizens to respect the “... More »

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Al Sharpton • police • Michael Bloomberg • civil rights • police brutality • criminal justice • undercover • New York City Police Department • Sean Bell • Marc Cooper

ANALYSIS

Arizona's Black Leaders Haven't Felt the Mac Love

Senator has trouble 'feigning interest,' says scribe

Apr 8, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has "pretty well zero relationship" with African Americans in his home state, says one prominent civil rights leader, and many others say they've never even gotten their senior senator's attention—much less met him. McCain's perceived indifference may be one thing in Arizona, and quite another in... More »

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John McCain • Arizona • Jon Kyl • civil rights • African-American voters

 Not an Icon, a Man 

Would civil rights legend be controversial in today's political climate?

Apr 4, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s assassination, the Washington Post looks past the legend at the multidimensional figure scholars and King's associates consider his true legacy. ”His challenge was much bigger than being nice," says historian Taylor Branch. "It was even bigger than race.... More »

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race • race relations • poverty • civil rights • Vietnam War • Martin Luther King Jr. • 1960s • Jeremiah Wright • civil rights movement • Taylor Branch

Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

Court sees violation of fair housing laws

Apr 4, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Roommates.com is violating fair-housing laws by asking users their gender, sexual preference, and whether they have children, and using that information to match them,  a US Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. Judges said such questions would be illegal if a real estate agent asked them over the phone... More »

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Internet • discrimination • housing • Craigslist • civil rights • website • liability • classified ads

 Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed 

EU, US slam China's handling of Hu Jia's case

Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Chinese human-rights activist has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for writings and comments considered subversive, the New York Times reports. The case of Hu Jia, 34, been watched closely around the world; critics see it as part of a government crackdown on dissidents... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • sentencing • civil rights • human rights activists • Hu Jia • subversion • dissent

Lewis Switches His Support
to Obama

Georgia lawmaker and superdelegate initially backed Clinton

Feb 27, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - After a month of shifting signals, influential congressman John Lewis said today he’s switching his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Lewis says he’s unwilling to go against the voters in his Atlanta district—and that Obama “has tapped into something that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Atlanta • civil rights • African-American voters • superdelegates • John Lewis

Rights Activist Carr Dies at 97

Friend of Rosa Parks and organizer of 1955 Ala. Bus Boycott

Feb 23, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Johnnie Rebecca Carr, an early leader in the civil rights movement and compatriot of Rosa Parks, has died of a stroke at age 97, the Montgomery Advertiser reports. Carr helped organize the Montgomery Improvement Association in 1955 after Parks made her famous stand on a city bus. The group's yearlong... More »

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race relations • civil rights • Martin Luther King Jr. • boycott • Rosa Parks • Johnnie Carr • Montgomery, Alabama • civil rights movement

Spears Pal Strikes Back Against Dad

Ex-manager asks
court to spring Britney from family control

Feb 16, 08 7:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Britney Spears' former manager and pal Sam Lutfi is trying to liberate her from her family's control by getting her case moved from Los Angeles to federal court, E! reports.  He's arguing in a petition that Jamie Spears is unfit to oversee his daughter's life and that she's being... More »

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Britney Spears • federal courts • civil rights • Sam Lutfi • Jamie Spears • mental breakdown • conservatorship

Kids Line Up Behind Obama

Young voters reject old-timey partisan bickering

Jan 28, 08 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - With "youth vote" challenging "change" as the buzzword of the 2008 elections, Barack Obama is drawing hordes of young people tired of what one campaign worker calls “the old partisan fights and bickering,” reports Voice of America. John Edwards also appeals to the young, but the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Latino voters • civil rights • young voters

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