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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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Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa -- Justice vs. Charity

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.14.2012

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Peter Dreier

On Thursday the Washington National Cathedral dedicated a new stone carving of Rosa Parks. It will be displayed in the Cathedral's Human Rights Porch. Rosa Parks deserves to be in the same human rights pantheon as Bishop Romero and Eleanor Roosevelt. But not Mother Teresa.

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Rosa Parks Gets Statue In National Cathedral

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Washington National Cathedral is preparing to dedicate a new carving of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in a section of the church devot...

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Obama Sits On Rosa Parks Bus

Posted 04.19.2012

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President Barack Obama sat Wednesday for a moment inside the Montgomery, Ala., city bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. The bus is curre...

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The Top 10 Heroes to Teach Your Daughter How to Fight

Brad Meltzer | Posted 04.16.2012

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Brad Meltzer

As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life -- no matter how impossible it seems -- you need to fight for it. It's the lesson that links the lives of every single hero I picked for her.

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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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What About 'Women Making History Month'?

Elizabeth Debold | Posted 05.12.2012

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Elizabeth Debold

What if we re-named March "Women Making History Month"? Because this month in 2012, we certainly have some history-making to do.

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Black History Month: Honoring The Collective Effort For Change

Max Klau | Posted 04.12.2012

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Max Klau

February is Black History Month -- a chance to remember, honor, and celebrate the myriad of gifts that African Americans have given to America and the...

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Celebrating the Spirit of the Red Tails With My Fellow Service Members

Ravi Chaudhary | Posted 04.03.2012

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Ravi Chaudhary

At the conclusion of the screening of Red Tails, we came to our feet with thunderous applause. But we did not face the screen. We turned and faced the real Red Tails standing among us, a fitting tribute to the icons that shaped every American Airman serving today.

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Real-World Change Can Come From Within

Parker J. Palmer | Posted 03.04.2012

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Parker J. Palmer

The notion that social change can be sparked by an inner revolution is not only realistic. It also gives us a gift that conventional "realism" withholds -- a chance to do something that might make a difference.

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Paul's Power Play in Iowa -- But What's Next?

Bill Schneider | Posted 02.26.2012

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Bill Schneider

Ron Paul is likely to win the Iowa Republican caucuses next week. What can that possibly mean?

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Civil Rights Education 'Dismal' Across The Country

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 11.30.2011

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"Dismal." Likely not a word ever preferred in an educational setting, but the description the Southern Poverty Law Center found appropriate to ass...

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When Martin Luther King Reached the Point of No Return

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.26.2011

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John W. Whitehead

If anyone deserves a national monument in his honor, it would certainly be Martin Luther King Jr., a man who inspired countless Americans, including myself, to take a stand against injustice.

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Rosa Parks Essay Reveals Rape Attempt

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2011

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AP -- NEW YORK — BY ULA IlNYTZKY Long before Rosa Parks was hailed as the "mother of the civil rights movement," she wrote a detailed and harrowi...

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Israeli 'Freedom Riders' Ensure A Woman's Place At Front Of The Bus

Posted 09.12.2011

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By Michele Chabin c. 2011 Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) Vera Kreidlin boarded an empty No. 56 bus for the 25-minute ride from a religious ...

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A Fast Car Following Rosa's Footsteps

Yashar Ali | Posted 07.26.2011

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Yashar Ali

Manal al-Sharif was arrested this weekend for driving around her neighborhood. She wasn't speeding, she didn't run a red light and she didn't break any laws. She was arrested for being a woman with the audacity to drive a car in Saudi Arabia.

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The 'Rosa Parks Of Saudi Arabia' Organizes June 14 Mass-Drive Event For Women

Posted 11.16.2011

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Almost 70 Years Later, Alabama Leaders Apologize For Handling Of Rape Case

AP | By BOB JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ABBEVILLE, Ala. -- Nearly 70 years after Recy Taylor was raped by a gang of white men, leaders of the rural southeast Alabama community where it happe...

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Women's History Month: Women Writers On Their Female Heroes

Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of Women's History Month, excerpts from eight women writers on their female heroes: The novelist Lauren Lise Baratz-Logsted is the author ...

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The Movement

Marlo Thomas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marlo Thomas

2011-03-05-marlo.jpgAs Gloria Steinem so wisely commented, "A movement is only people moving." In 1965, women were moving, separately, but headed in the same direction.

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Sputnik, DARPA, and Rosa Parks Moments: Metaphors We Reform Education By

Audrey Watters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Audrey Watters

Sputnik or Rosa Parks -- one invokes national security and one invokes social justice.

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Africa's Youths United Can Never be Defeated

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

Mubarak, Irhal! A specter is haunting Africa and the Middle East - the specter of an awesome army of youths on the move, in revolt, marching for free...

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Sitting Together May Lead to Standing Together

Deborah Plummer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Plummer

Although it may be deemed merely symbolic, Republicans sitting together with Democrats at the State of the Union address is something that matters to me.

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'Quiet Strength' Of Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa Portrayed In National Cathedral

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- Six feet above the vaulted entranceway to Washington National Cathedral, the rough contours of...

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King's Early White Ally Still Fights For 'Beloved Community'

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Kim Lawton Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly MONTGOMERY, Ala. (RNS) The social revolution led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was forged in and g...

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