Civil Rights Leaders

Attorney: Judge And Lawyers Conspired To Drain Rosa Parks' Estate

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

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DETROIT -- An attorney claims a judge and two lawyers involved in a long-running dispute over civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks' estate conspired to dra...

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Bringing the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement Into 21st Century Classrooms

Charlayne Hunter-Gault | Posted 04.12.2012

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault

How do we encourage young people at home and abroad, in South Africa and now those young people heavily invested in the as yet unsettled Arab Spring, to "keep on keepin' on," as the footsoldiers of the Civil Rights Movement used to pledge?

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Black Women Make History Too -- An Interview On Coretta Scott King

Martha Burk | Posted 04.13.2012

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Martha Burk

Before her death in 2006, in preparation for a new biography, Coretta King met many times with Dr. Barbara Reynolds, one of the founding editors of USA Today. I recently interviewed Dr. Reynolds on her time with Mrs. King.

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Farewell to Dorothy Height

Zondra Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Zondra Hughes

Generally speaking, when an African American historical figure passes away, my somewhat younger Hispanic male colleague gives me that look, somewhere between clueless and concerned.

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Lots of Cooks Prepared the Compton Cookout Racial Insult Stew

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Black and minority California lawmakers are leaping over each other to lambaste the now infamous Compton Cookout at UCSD as racially insulting, insensitive, and demeaning.

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Civil Rights Leaders Reflect On Obama, Dr King's March On Washington

ABC News | JENNIFER PARKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many civil rights leaders and prominent African-American activists who came to Washington, D.C., almost 46 years ago for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Mar...

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