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How Obama Won Me Over With a Single Speech

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Community Service, Patriotism, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Barnard College, Selma, Commencement Speech, College Graduates, New York City, Volunteerism, Stonewall, Politics News

I don't know how to explain this bizarre transformation. The closest I can come is to say that the president emanated an energy that was so generous and good in spirit that I swear I could almost see the halo.

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Was the Civil Rights Movement in Vain?

Voto Latino | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Racism, Selma, Immigration, hb56, Immigration Reform, Alabama Immigration, Latino Voices News

Last week, I was in Alabama for a work assignment and to my surprise it was such an eye-opening and heart-wrenching experience.

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African Americans and Latinos Unite in Alabama to Fight for Immigrant Rights

Voto Latino | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Selma, Immigration, Montgomery, Alabama March, Civil Rights, Immigration Reform, Latino Voices News

Activists are alarmed to see the spirit of the civil rights movement being under attack by the newest face of discrimination: racial profiling of undocumented immigrants.

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The American Promise: The Right to Vote

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Marc Morial, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Impact News, John Lewis, Civil Rights, Rev. Hosea Williams, Voting Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Montgomery, Politics, National Urban League, Alabama, Human Rights, Selma, Presidential Campaign, Edmund Pettus Bridge, President Lyndon Johnson, Bloody Sunday, Impact, Voting, Black Voices, Voting Information, Elections 2012, Election, Elections, 2012 Election, Election 2012, Voter Suppression, Politics News

Right now many states are attempting to put new voting restrictions in place that parallel all the old tricks and turn back the clock on civil rights to the days when voting was used as a tool for political control and exclusion.

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Back to the Future: All Roads Lead to Selma, Alabama

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Alabama, Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Movement, Selma, 2012 Election, John Lewis, Selma Alabama, Civil Rights Act, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, National Action Network, Civil Rights, Reverend Al Sharpton, Alabama Voter ID Laws, Black Voices News

Today, when voter ID laws have crept into dozens of states, and one of the toughest and most reprehensible anti-immigration bills passed in Alabama, we will gather once again in the deep South and march.

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Assault on Unions Is an Attack on Basic Civil Rights

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Human Rights, Scott Walker, Governor Scott Walker, Unions, Tea Party, Civil Rights, Wisconsin Protests, Selma, Blood Sunday, Paul Ryan, Politics News

Across the country, just as in the civil rights movement, people of conscience are holding vigils and protests in support of Wisconsin's public employees. This is a Martin Luther King moment.

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Celebrating National Black History Month

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Percy Sutton, Rep. Charlie Rangel, Selma, Charlie Rangel, Charles Rangel, Black History Month, Politics News

As we mark the beginning of a month-long celebration of black history in our country, I am proud to be part of a culture and history that has made great contributions to not just to this country but all parts of the world.

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Selma And Salamah: Egyptian Voices For Peace As The Fruit Of Justice

Ingrid Mattson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Islam, Martin Luther King, Selma, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Christianity, Salamah, Peace, Egypt Riots, Selma March, Religion News

Like Rabbi Heschel and Dr. King, the Egyptian protesters moved beyond parochial religious identities to come together to call for a peace in a place where it has been long denied.

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David Remnick's 'The Bridge' Delves Deep Into Barack Obama's Presidency (New York Review)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph Lelyveld The New York Review of Books Who Is Barack Obama? "The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama" by David Remnick Knopf, 656 pp., $...

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The Arizona of 2010 Is the Alabama of 1963

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, Immigration Reform, John McCain, President Obama, Alabama of 1963, Jan Brewer, Civil Rights, Arizona Immigration Law, Breaking News, Selma, Politics News

The draconian anti-immigrant bill that was signed into law by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is likely to stir the nation as it was against racial segregation in the 1960s.

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From Sharpeville to Selma: Ongoing Struggles for Equality

Chandra Bhatnagar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, South Africa, Racial Justice, Alabama, Human Rights, Selma, Racism, Race, Racial Profiling, Sharpeville Massacre, Politics News

Fifty years ago yesterday, in the township of Sharpeville in South Africa, thousands of black South Africans peacefully demonstrated against racist ...

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'Soul Of A Citizen' Excerpt: The Real Rosa Parks

Paul Loeb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Education, Cynicism, Citizen Action, Rosa Parks, Civil Rights, Books, Soul of a Citizen, Montgomery Alabama, Mongomery Bus Boycott, Bus Boycott, Selma, Montgomery, Activism, Books News

The full story of Rosa Parks reminds us that her tremendously consequential act, along with everything that followed, depended on all the humble, frustrating work that she and others had undertaken earlier on.

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Remembering 'Bloody Sunday' the Day After

Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion and Politics, Obama, Civil Rights Movement, Selma, Bloody Sunday, Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Religion News

There is nothing easy about remembering Selma.

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Remembering Bloody Sunday: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Jim Crow, Politics, Constitution, Martin Luther King, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Alabama, Racism, Selma, Lyndon Johnson, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Politics News

As right-wingers gabble loosely about secession and revolution, it's worth remembering that our nation experienced a second - necessary and successful - American revolution 45 years ago.

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Jimmie Lee Jackson: The Death That Gave Life to Voting Rights

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Selma, Civil Rights, Montgomery Alabama, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Racism, Politics News

The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson set in motion a train of events that stirred a lethargic nation, compelling once-reluctant politicians to use their power to ensure that all adult citizens could register and vote.

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Dennis Hopper's Selma March Pictures

vanityfair.com | Photographs by | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alabama March, Dennis Hopper, Martin Luther King, Dennis Hopper Photos, Selma, Selma Match, Politics News

In 1965, as a 28-year-old actor/activist and budding photographer, Dennis Hopper traveled to Alabama to take part in--and document--the now famous civ...

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Remembering Jack Nelson

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Selma, Otis Chandler, Chandler Family, Jack Nelson, Los Angeles, Civil Rights Movement, Watergate, Richard Nixon, John Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, Media News

On March 7, 1965, Jack and I met for the first time, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma, Alabama, he reporting for the Times and I for CBS News.

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Why Obama Will Not Have a 'We Shall Overcome' Moment on Gays

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Reeb, Voting Rights Act, Selma, Lyndon Johnson, Bloody Sunday, Jonathan Martin, Dick Goodwin, David Mixner, We Shall Overcome, Politics News

While the Obama administration blames their dallying on the press or the political situation, they should be reminded that that didn't stop Johnson.

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Remembering Martin Luther King

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Selma, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Mlk, Politics News

As a CBS News correspondent, I was walking alongside Dr. King, covering that historic 54-mile march. I am reminded of those steps vividly every year on the occasion of King's birthday.

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Here's To Obama and All of Us: We've Come A Long, Long Way!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Voting Rights Law, Michael Schwerner, Earl Warren, George W. Bush, Andrew Goodman, Birmingham, March on Washington, Civil Rights Law, Frank Rich, James Chaney, Barack Obama, Impeachment, Kelly Ingram Park, Mississippi Sheriffs, Martin Luther King, Dore Schary, Segregation, Ku Klux Klan, Ralph Abernathy, Selma, United States Supreme Court, Desegregation, Good Friday 1963, ABC News, Bull Connor, Meridian, Inauguration, Politics News

I still remember the clicking of the marchers' heels as they moved into the Birmingham's business district, and, just then, the roar of a police motorcycle as it cut in front of King and Abernathy, halting the protest.

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Why This Is A Night To Remember

Sandy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Caro, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Selma, Obama, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Politics News

The dramatic drive to move forward as a nation enables a black man to be chosen tonight as one of the two major party candidates for president, something unthinkable less than half a century ago.

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