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Rosa Parks: Angry, Not Tired

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
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Peter Dreier

In the popular legend, Rosa Parks is portrayed as a tired middle-aged seamstress who at the spur of the moment decided to resist the Montgomery's segregation law. That popular legend is misleading. Parks' defiance of Montgomery's segregation laws was not an isolated incident.

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NAACP National Chairman Julian Bond tells Gay America to Demand a Front Seat on the Bus (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Tom Gregory

Bond's response to many of the biblical passages used by Christian conservatives to condemn homosexuality (including those favorite scriptures in Leviticus) is must-see TV.

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An Open Letter to Sarah Palin From a Community Organizer

Gabriel Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Gabriel Thompson

But unlike you, most people don't go out of their way to disparage a group who has done so much to make this country great.

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