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Emails Reveal White House Role In Sherrod Ouster

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House officials were in close contact with the Agriculture Department in the hours leading up to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...

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Shirley Sherrod Contract Talks With USDA Turn Rocky

The Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 07.26.2011

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USDA's plans to forge a consulting contract with former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod have turned rocky. Sherrod, who met briefly wi...

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Shirley Sherrod To Return To USDA?

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 07.15.2011

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ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants help with minority outreach from a former official in Georgia who was ousted in a racial flap...

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The Odd Timing of Shirley Sherrod's Lawsuit Against Andrew Breitbart

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Stranahan

Until Mrs. Sherrod plunged herself headfirst into the Pigford story by suing my film's funder, Andrew Brietbart, I wasn't clear on how central a figure she was.

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Shirley Sherrod Sues Andrew Breitbart Over Video

Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirley Sherrod has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Breitbart over a video released by the conservative personality that lead to her ouster as an offic...

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Emails Show Shirley Sherrod Fired In Rush Over Edited Video

Los Angeles Times | Peter Nicholas and Kathleen Hennessey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama administration officials knew they did not have all the facts last summer when they rushed to dismiss Shirley Sherrod from the Agriculture Depar...

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We Can't Yield -- Not Now, Not Ever

Shirley Sherrod | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirley Sherrod

Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.

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USDA Sponsors Diversity Conference In Wake Of Shirley Sherrod Scandal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — A Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Georgia says he used to be suspicious of white people because he never spoke to one his age un...

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Shirley Sherrod Firing: Obama Administration Had Concerns Over Forced Ouster, But Didn't Intervene

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — As a racial firestorm erupted last month, the White House buzzed with questions and concerns about the forced ouster of a black Agr...

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WaPo 'On Faith': Shirley Sherrod: Racial Healing And God's Amazing Grace

The Washington Post | Gustav Niebuhr | Posted 05.25.2011

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In reporting on Shirley Sherrod's case, commentators have focused on the high-pressure dysfunctions of the 24-hour news cycle, the embarrassing, knee-...

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Shirley Sherrod: Beyond the Media Circus, Lessons for Economic Progress

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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David M. Abromowitz

Many will take away from the Shirley Sherrod media incident merely that fact checking is vital when information is so easy to manipulate. But there are more important lessons to be learned.

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Immediate Action for Longstanding Injustice

John W. Boyd Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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John W. Boyd Jr.

The White House referred to Sherrod's firing as "a teachable moment." I learned that a black woman can be fired for the accusation that she discriminated, yet instances of discrimination against minority farmers go unresolved.

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A Love Affair Gone Wrong: Liberals Abandon Their Beloved Obama

Michelle Kraus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michelle Kraus

We liberals should be mad as hell at the opposition -- Breitbart and Fox News -- not Obama or his administration that fell over itself in the Shirley Sherrod affair.

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Of Teachable Moments

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taylor Marsh

Whatever teachable moment people crave on race, Pres. Obama who stated plainly a long time ago that he's not interested in "the ideological battles that we fought during the '90s that were really extensions of battles we fought since the '60s."

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Shirley Sherrod To Obama: Come To Georgia, See How 'Regular Folks' Live

AP | BRENT KALLESTAD and MERRILL HARTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, Ga. — Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, who was forced to resign after a blogger posted comments she made to an NA...

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Bob Herbert On Shirley Sherrod: Obama Running From Race Issue

New York Times | BOB HERBERT | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Shirley Sherrod story tells us so much about ourselves, and none of it is pretty. The most obvious and shameful fact is that the Obama administrat...

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Barack Obama, The National NAACP, and Chickensh*t Liberalism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

There used to be a time when liberals, progressive and civil rights leaders stood up to right-wing bullies like Andrew Breitbart and Fox News, fighting back, sometimes even risking their lives. No more, it seems.

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Thank You Shirley Sherrod

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clarence B. Jones

Have Obama and his advisors become so timid that they either run away or only belatedly respond to obvious issues of race like they are a live grenade, too dangerous or too hot to handle?

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Four Ways To Avoid Future Shirley Sherrod Debacles

Politics Daily | Walter Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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An apologetic phone call from Barack Obama and a new (and still unaccepted) job offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should help end the media...

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Apologizing to Sherrod Step in the Right Direction, but Many Lessons to Be Learned

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Jesse Jackson

The mass media proved completely incapable of handling this latest issue of race and racism in an objective and thoughtful manner. The media jumped on the bandwagon to unfairly smear her integrity.

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Obama Blames Media For His Administration's Firing Of Shirley Sherrod

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack erred in pushing out Shirley Sherrod over allegations of racism that later proved unsubstantiat...

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Sherrod, Obama, and the Strength of Roots

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Hayden

My introduction to virulent southern racism came in 1961 when I ventured to Albany, Georgia. It was then I met, and came to admire, a brave young civil rights worker named Charles Sherrod

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The Trouble With Shirley: Race, Power and the Cow in the Room

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

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C. Nicole Mason

In our efforts to move past race, we have run right smack into it. There is no doubt about it. Rather than moving us toward a post-racial society, it has made us hyper vigilant of how race and power intersect in American society.

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If It's Okay, I Prefer Assistant: Sherrod's Unique Position (VIDEO)

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

This is how I picture Sherrod accepting the unique position offered by the Agriculture Department yesterday.

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Scammed: What Shirley Sherrod and Social Security Have in Common

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard (RJ) Eskow

Shirley Sherrod and the Social Security system have a lot more in common than their initials. In both cases, the administration spent too much time playing along, rather than asking tough questions and fighting for what's right.

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