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    County hears from tea party  Sep 3, 2010
    Bales was referring to in which Donna Thomas Jordan was awarded $64,000 in back and future pay in 2008 after a jury determined her civil rights were violated. District Clerk Janis Morgan had fired her in 2005, three years after Morgan defeated Jordan in a district clerk election. (Odessa American, TX)

    Braddock to get UPMC health care  Sep 3, 2010
    The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will expand its primary and urgent care offerings to Braddock residents for at least three years under an agreement that settles a federal civil rights complaint brought by the Braddock Borough Council President Jesse Brown. Mr. Brown filed the complaint Dec. 15 with the U.S. Justice Department, claiming the medical giant's move to shutter UPMC Braddock violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 because the closure would affect health care access for those... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Liberals Losing the Culture Wars  Sep 3, 2010
    Al Sharpton's pathetic counter demonstration to Glenn Beck s Restoring Honor event in D.C. is only the latest highlight of the perversion of the civil rights movement by its current self proclaimed "leaders." More and more American blacks have come to realize that the Democratic government plantation is not so different from the Democrat's original version in the pre-Civil War South. Dependency is dependency. (Human Events Online)

    Unions Set Labor Day Attack on GOP Candidates  Sep 3, 2010
    The labor federation also said it will be a major partner in a scheduled Oct. 2 rally on the Mall in Washington with "One Nation Working Together," a loose collective that includes unions and trade associations, human and civil rights organizations, nonprofit groups and religious organizations. AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker took a shot at the growing conservative "tea party" movement, accusing its leaders of being more beholden to big business than to workers. (Newsmax)

    Obama: Muslim Missionary? (Part 3)  Sep 3, 2010
    --Why doesn't the president stand up for the rights of Christian organizations, whose right to hire same-faith or same-mission-minded employees is protected under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the First Amendment but who are having to urge Congress to reject legislation that would prohibit them from hiring only fellow believers ... His dealings on civil rights is so far left that it sticks out like a sore thumb ... Our DOJ is so bad in its handling of... (Townhall.com)

    We Don't Need Another Civil Rights Movement  Sep 3, 2010
    Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders at the March on Washingtonin Aug. 1963 ... Similarly, there is no relationship between civil rights-style marches and educational outcomes ... Because even though both the research and the Schott Foundation report clearly focus on structural solutions, and clearly state that the problem is not with black boys but rather with the structural conditions they find themselves facing, some of us are still focusing on some combination of civil... (Slate)

    Is Democracy Christian?  Sep 3, 2010
    As to first amendment issues, the 14th amendment settled the matter of whether civil rights and freedom from state religion extend to state governments as well as federal. on Said. (The American Conservative)

    3rd Circuit to Consider 'Prevailing Party' Fees Issue  Sep 3, 2010
    A court battle over modern-day rights to the names of two 1950s doo-wop groups -- The Platters and The Coasters -- has now sparked an appeal that could have far-reaching effects in civil rights litigation. In Singer Management Consultants Inc. v. Milgram, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals before a 16-judge court to decide on the proper test for determining when a plaintiff is entitled to attorney fees as the "prevailing party.". (Law.com)

    Wyoming man donates $1.5 million to defend Ariz. law  Sep 3, 2010
    Her office is defending the state against seven lawsuits challenging Arizona's law, including cases filed by the U.S. Justice of Department, civil rights groups and two police officers. Bolton has dismissed two of the cases. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Local law firms make the case for niche work  Sep 3, 2010
    Van Hoy had worked for Duke Power Co. in the wake of Duke being the first company to have a discrimination lawsuit go before the U.S. Supreme Court as a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The job had been a fertile place to learn about a developing area of the law, and Van Hoy took his knowledge to growing businesses in the community. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    Beck rally on anniversary of King's 'Dream' speech  Sep 3, 2010
    "This is going to be a moment that you'll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it. This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement. It has been so distorted and so turned upside down. It is an abomination." ... "The 8-28 rally is supposedly is about 'reclaiming the civil rights movement,' but it is being led by someone whose idea of a racist is the president of the United States," said Jess Levin, a spokesman for the liberal Media Matters... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    14th Amendment nullification threatens core of citizenship  Sep 3, 2010
    Also called the "due process" clause or the "equal protection" clause, this part of the 14th Amendment is the very foundation of U.S. civil rights law. The Reconstruction-era amendment, finally adopted as part of the Constitution in 1868, ensured that former enslaved Africans and their children were U.S. citizens. (Juneau Empire)

    Abercrombie & Fitch sued over Muslim scarf  Sep 3, 2010
    (09-01) 17:51 PDT MILPITAS -- A federal civil rights agency sued Abercrombie on Wednesday on behalf of an 18-year-old woman who said she applied for her first job at the company's store at the Great Mall in Milpitas and was turned down because she wore a Muslim headscarf ... "The interview crushed me, because I never imagined anyone in the Bay Area would reject me because of my headscarf," the applicant said in a statement released by the civil rights agency ... Abercrombie sued over Muslim... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Gays waiting hopefully at the altar  Sep 3, 2010
    What has really put same-sex marriage on the agenda is the ongoing campaign all around Australia which has seen thousands take to streets over and over again to demand their civil rights. The last rally of 7000 in Melbourne went some way to getting Adam Bandt elected, as he was cheered enthusiastically while Cath Bowtell (ALP) got booed when she tried to defend Labor policy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Hicks Day dawns  Sep 3, 2010
    About 200 people walked or rode the length of the street undeterred by heavy rain, and family members and others involved in the local Civil Rights movement unveiled the new street signs along the way. At the Hicks house, people soaked to the skin and bearing umbrellas chanted the slogan that has become the mantra of Robert Hicks memoryYes he did. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)

    Where would Speaker Boehner cut spending?  Sep 3, 2010
    i remember when segregation was in the best interest of the country and people didn t want civil rights rammed down their throats. the more things change, the more. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    'Black Sabbath': Musical history of Jews, blacks  Sep 3, 2010
    Lena Horne used the tune "Hava Nagila" to rail against civil rights abuses in "Now!" in the 1960s. The alternately fraught and affectionate history of Jews and African Americans is one of those cultural intersections that seems so well traversed there can't be much new to say on the topic. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    - Defending companies rights abroad  Sep 3, 2010
    It is not uncommon for the court of the next instance to receive what are referred to as amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs from government departments, civic groups, civil rights groups and justice ministries. Such briefs consist of unsolicited, volunteered information or learned treatises felt to have some bearing on the case by an individual or organization not party to the case at hand. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    New director brings new beginnings  Sep 2, 2010
    He also worked in Greensboro, N.C. at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum and in Oakland, Calif. at the African American Museum and Library. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)

    Society should be protected from stupidity  Sep 2, 2010
    The John Birch Society was also against the Earl Warrren decision (Brown v. Board, 1954) and also thought the communists wanted to do floridation to the drinking water for mind control and the John Birch Society also called the 1960 civil rights movement the negro soviet repubilc movement. It s not 1950 anymore. (Porterville Recorder, CA)

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    State lawmakers, civil rights and interfaith leaders got together Wednesday to draw attention to what they're calling an increase of "Islamophobia.". You must have JavaScript enabled to view this content. (KCRA 3, CA)

    Voice: ‘Cultured Muslim’?  Sep 2, 2010
    flounder57 wrote on Sep 1, 2010 8:55 AM:" This is exactly how the Nazi Party gained legitimacy in Germany - by making extreme positions seem "normal", and by gaining a foothold in the mainstream media of the day.And just so I'm clear, if the Klan wanted a letter printed in the IV Press that advocated denying civil rights to African-Americans, or even worse, violence against ethnic groups, you would print it? ". sf8280 wrote on Sep 1, 2010 8:51 AM:" No one's responding to the substance because it... (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)

    - China still using mental hospitals to silence dissidents, researchers claim  Sep 2, 2010
    But Liu Feiyue (BD) of Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, who monitors such cases, warned that the effects of incarceration are lasting. Many victims suffer long-term depression and struggle after their release, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Legal group seeks to compel Calif to defend Prop 8  Sep 2, 2010
    Brown has said both in legal filings and public statements that he has sworn to uphold the state and federal constitutions and therefore can not defend Proposition 8 because he thinks it is an unconstitutional violation of gay Californians' civil rights. "The attorney general does not believe that he can be forced to prosecute an appeal of a decision with which he agrees," Brown spokeswoman Christine Gasparac said Tuesday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Fire at Tennessee mosque project troubles city  Sep 2, 2010
    Joel Siskovic of the FBI's Memphis office, said the bureau is investigating the fire in case it is a civil rights violation. Just outside the vigil, a small group protested the mosque. (Pensacola News Journal)

    HISS AT BIG SIS: Texas governor turns down meeting with Napolitano...  Sep 1, 2010
    If you approve of States Rights then you believe that we do not deserve Civil Rights, Rights for the Handicapped, Medicare, Social Security, National Military, Consumer Protection, Freedom of Religion, Min. Wage, etc, etc, etc. "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_101875358","adminTags":null,"views":59,"createdBy":16643016,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait. (The Drudge Report)

    ANCYL army school slated  Sep 1, 2010
    Civil rights movement AfriForum was concerned the proposed military training for "nominees of political parties" was in contravention of Section 199(7)(b) of the Constitution, which states that "neither the security forces, nor their members shall further any interest of a political party", its attorney Willie Spies said in a statement. It requested Sisulu to provide an undertaking, by 5pm on Wednesday at the latest, that the proposed training be suspended, pending AfriForum's review application... (iAfrica.com)

    Local vets: Repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'  Sep 1, 2010
    The event was sponsored locally by the Advocacy Council for Human Rights, the Human Rights Campaign, American Veterans for Equal Rights and the Civil Rights Agenda. Weve had several of these throughout the state and this one was attended by more people than the one in Chicago, Reinhart said. (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    Letters to the editor  Sep 1, 2010
    I do have two questions for Glenn Beck: Whose "honor" is he "restoring?" And for whom is he "reclaiming" the civil rights movement ... Conservative icons fought bitterly against him, the civil rights movement and subsequent legislation. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Andy Young pushes public-purpose capitalism  Sep 1, 2010
    5:20 am August 31, 2010, by Henry Unger. U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Atlanta mayor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    Friend of the Brotherhood  Sep 1, 2010
    A new Pew Center poll says nearly one-in-five Americans think Barack Obama is a Muslim. Perhaps that is because of reports like the one blared on the cover of the September 6 edition of the tabloid, The Globe, replete with photos of Mr. Obama in Muslim garb: It found "shocking proof" in a Nile TV interview given earlier this year by the Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, disclosing that "the American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim.". (Townhall.com)

    Columbia University study: Students do better academically in k-8 schools than they do in middle schools  Sep 1, 2010
    Are charter schools a civil rights issue. Should they be. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    Steve Kornacki on "Rachel Maddow Show"  Sep 1, 2010
    The Tea Partier thinks private businesses should be exempt from the Civil Rights Act; the same argument as in 1891 ... Ron Paul, and self-proclaimed representative of the Tea Party movement, has some serious difficulty explaining his approach to questions of race and civil rights ... During an appearance on MSNBC s Rachel Maddow Show, Paul started by saying that he liked civil rights and opposed discrimination; he even claimed he would have marched with Martin Luther King had he been old enough.... (Salon)

    Rachel Maddow  Sep 1, 2010
    The Tea Partier thinks private businesses should be exempt from the Civil Rights Act; the same argument as in 1891 ... Ron Paul, and self-proclaimed representative of the Tea Party movement, has some serious difficulty explaining his approach to questions of race and civil rights ... However, he suggested that he would seek to end the parts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that required privately-owned businesses that served the public to desegregate. (Salon)

    Kings dream was a radical economic equality Message  Sep 1, 2010
    Upset with the lack of economic opportunities for blacks at the time, as well as the voting rights injustices, the organizers wanted to put pressure on Congress and the John F. Kennedy administration to put their muscle behind a comprehensive civil rights bill. No, the 1963 march had nothing to do with some hokey values espoused by a radio/TV windbag. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)

    The right-wing congressman made for the Obama age  Sep 1, 2010
    Beck, who infuriated many last year with his declaration that President Obama is a racist with a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture, had said the timing was coincidental, but then drew fire for that his rally would reclaim the civil rights movement. At the rally, a Beck-narrated video displayed on the massive screens attempted to co-opt King s story, calling attention to the supposed similarities between King s struggle and Beck s own vision for the future. (Salon)

    More of this story  Sep 1, 2010
    hunter28 wrote on Aug 31, 2010 11:28 AM:" How about NOT buying another drug detection dog? How about no more overtime to allow cops to man sobriety checkpoints? How about educating our young about civil rights and abusive police practices so they can stay out of trouble and we won't have to build new jails? ". okkindasux wrote on Aug 31, 2010 12:50 PM:" So now they'll spend tons of money on these new automated systems and get rid of the meter readers and cashiers and raise the unemployment rate... (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)

    Winston Churchill out, Martin Luther King in...  Sep 1, 2010
    In its place is a rather more muted rug, which is ringed with five quotations four from former presidents and one from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.. Mr Bush s old pale cream and gold couches have been dispatched to the White House storeroom. (The Drudge Report)

    Palin Rattles Feminists  Sep 1, 2010
    The feminist movement began out of necessity, and like the civil rights movement benefited Americans as a whole. People united in support for black Americans in the 60's. (Human Events Online)

    A Black Man Goes To Glenn Beck's Rally  Aug 31, 2010
    I laughed and said "Ma'am, Al Sharpton is a pretender. He is going to tell you to pretend that the color of your skin matters. He is going to ask you to ignore the now overwhelming proof that 50 years after the Civil Rights movement, blacks are now destroying each other faster than the KKK could have dreamed.". As I walked away, the group stood frozen, not knowing how to reply. (Human Events Online)

    Beck rally on anniversary of King's 'Dream' speech  Aug 31, 2010
    "This is going to be a moment that you'll never be able to paint people as haters, racists, none of it. This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement. It has been so distorted and so turned upside down. It is an abomination." ... "The 8-28 rally is supposedly is about 'reclaiming the civil rights movement,' but it is being led by someone whose idea of a racist is the president of the United States," said Jess Levin, a spokesman for the liberal Media Matters... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    Charlie Crist opposes gay marriage, sort of  Aug 31, 2010
    Since his overwhelming victory in his May 18 primary, Paul has been at the center of a media firestorm after he seemed to indicate at least initially objections to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. While this could be considered the kind of political burp you d expect from an unseasoned nominee, Paul s quirky libertarian ideology and lack of restraint suggest greater problems down the road for Republicans in a red state they should have no trouble winning this... (Salon)

    VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA  Aug 31, 2010
    Scores of people jam King Plaza on Martin Luther King Day to honor the memory of the Civil Rights leader. (Posted Jan. 19, 2009). (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Justice Dept. files suit vs. junior colleges  Aug 31, 2010
    The Immigration and Nationality Act requires employers to treat authorized workers in the same manner as U.S. citizens, according to Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Rights Division. The suit says that Glendale Community College offered a part-time math teaching position to Zainul Singaporewalla in August 2008. (AZCentral)

    Don't let teacher seniority trump civil rights  Aug 31, 2010
    Don't let teacher seniority trump civil rights. Article:Don't let teacher seniority trump civil rights:/c/a/2010/08/30/ED301F5QBH.DTL Article:Don't let teacher seniority trump civil rights:/c/a/2010/08/30/ED301F5QBH.DTL advertisement ... Don't let teacher seniority trump civil rights. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Good schools should be a civil right  Aug 31, 2010
    That is why it is so difficult to digest the negative commentary that some civil rights organizations, such as the NAACP, have purported about charter schools ... Indeed, if there were any organizations that would support the charter school movement, it is my belief that civil rights organizations would ... Yet, rather than embrace and appreciate the innovation and creativity of successful charters, they are often ostracized by many public school systems and outright attacked by some supporters... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Thousands of Clark County Students Head Back to School  Aug 31, 2010
    The school's namesake is civil rights activist Ruby Duncan. She was joined was superintendent Dr. Walt Rulffes, who toured the brand new campus, built for an estimated $16 million. (KLAS-TV.com, NV)

    Are charter schools a civil rights issue? Should they be?  Aug 31, 2010
    Are charter schools a civil rights issue ... Are charter schools a civil rights issue ... That is why it is so difficult to digest the negative commentary that some civil rights organizations, such as the NAACP, have purported about charter schools. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    Bravura performance  Aug 31, 2010
    Yet he capitalized on the occurrence by including a niece of the late civil rights leader on his roster and announcing that he would "reclaim the civil rights movement.". He also enlisted the former governor of Alaska to chime in with the vague and vacuous hymns of synthetic outrage. (NJ.com -- Times)

    George Clooney embarrassed to win humanitarian award at Emmys  Aug 31, 2010
    " Clooney also firmly debunked recent rumors that his relationship with model/actress Elisabetta Canalis had come to an end. She picked me up in Italy, he boasted, referring to Canalis who had followed him backstage. Topics Comments (0) You must be logged in to leave comments. Today in Pictures Emmy's Best Moments Best Emmy Fashion 2010 Emmy Awards Show 2010 Emmy red carpet arrivals 2009's best Emmy fashion Click on Each Photo Most Popular Tiger Woods moves into New York City apartment: report... (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Group sues Ill. police over Muslim chaplain flap  Aug 31, 2010
    "Imam Kifah is an upstanding citizen who has served this country and his community time and again," said Christina Abraham, the council's civil rights director in Chicago. "It is time to put an end to the fear-mongering and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has senselessly engulfed our nation.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)

    It's Good To Be King  Aug 31, 2010
    Civil rights activists called it a ... Nobody's going to mistake the Tea Party for the civil rights movement. (Slate)

    White Fright  Aug 31, 2010
    For example, so strong is the moral stature of the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement that even the white right prefers to pretend to emulate it. (This smarmy tactic long predates Glenn Beck, by the way: I remember Ralph Reed trying it when he ran the Christian Coalition more than 10 years ago and announced that he wanted to remodel the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. (Slate)

    Glenn Beck Assails Obama's Religion  Aug 31, 2010
    not to mention being a veteran of the civil rights movement and being on the wrong side of a lot of hatred directed toward him, you would have a different perspective instead of mindlessly chanting "USA, USA, USA!.". by UForgotPoland August 30, 2010 2:53 PM EDT. (CBS News -- US)

    MSNBC Swears to Allah That Obama's Not A Muslim  Aug 31, 2010
    Joe Wilson shout, "You lie, boy!" when he shouted "You lie!" during Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress; and the mainstream media lying about civil rights hero John Lewis being called the N-word 15 times at an anti-ObamaCare protest, with no one ever being able to produce a videotape, despite a $100,000 reward. If Republicans played by liberal rules, they'd just call Obama a racist, who leaked Valerie Plame's name to the press, is not Sasha's father, and smokes Newports, not Kools. (Human Events Online)

    Strategist: "Enthusiasm Gap" Between GOP, Dems  Aug 31, 2010
    Even the part about Martin Luther King made no sense, it wasn't truthful, the problems of civil rights were presented as just somehow, for no reason at all, black people bravely took to the streets to demand their rights, so now white people should, too. The crowd I saw was overwhelmingly white, the themes were carefully chosen not to offend anyone in the power structure, I never heard anyone explain exactly how American "honor" was destroyed, by whom, when, or why this "honor" needed to be... (CBS News -- Early Show)

    Beck's rally: What you missed  Aug 31, 2010
    Civil rights activists gathered nearby for a "Reclaim the Dream" rally ... Beck told Fox News, the network that carries his weekday television program, that the rally was meant to reclaim the U.S. civil rights movement "from politics," arguing that the movement was about "people of faith." ... People filled the park by the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool, in the shadows and echoes of the most pivotal civil rights address in America's history. (CNN)

    Beck explains reason for 'honor' rally  Aug 31, 2010
    Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics' - CNN.com ... Beck says he wanted to reclaim civil rights 'from politics ... Beck has come under fire from civil rights leaders and other critics because of the timing of the rally and some of his previous statements, such as his 2009 that President Barack Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." And earlier this year, he urged viewers to quit churches that preached "social justice," a term he equated with... (CNN)

    Opinion: Beck rallies culture war  Aug 31, 2010
    Although Beck's rally touted King as a hallmark icon, conservatives in King's time tarred the black civil rights leader as a Communist subversive. Now, those very attacks are being plagiarized to attack Obama: each has been labeled a communist sympathizer bent on destroying the freedom of average Americans. (CNN)

    Hicks Day dawns  Aug 31, 2010
    About 200 people walked or rode the length of the street undeterred by heavy rain, and family members and others involved in the local Civil Rights movement unveiled the new street signs along the way. At the Hicks house, people soaked to the skin and bearing umbrellas chanted the slogan that has become the mantra of Robert Hicks memoryYes he did. (Bogalusa Daily News, LA)

    Flat note on Carnegie 57  Aug 31, 2010
    " Would you, could you build without a loan? "The answer is yes," Barnett said. * At last, Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority have a deal regarding the financing of Silverstein's 4 World Trade Center, the first of three towers he's to build at Ground Zero. Now what? Expect to see the rise of a steel infrastructure that looks like an office building on a fast track before the end of the year. With the PA's 1 WTC already up to 350 feet, the long dormant pit at last shows signs of restoring... (New York Post -- Business)

    Editorial: Beck rally, King speech - no comparison  Aug 31, 2010
    a civil rights leader who organized a small counter-rally, is a controversial King wannabe who also loves the spotlight but has earned no claim to King's mantle ... Two months prior, civil rights activist had been murdered in his driveway in Jackson, Miss ... Passage of major civil rights laws was still in doubt and at the heart of the dream King so passionately shared. (USA Today)

    Jackson, Sharpton rallies carry more influence  Aug 31, 2010
    While the conservative talk host's appropriation of the scene of King's most famous address offends the spirit of the civil rights leader's to those whose lips drip "with the words of interposition and nullification," it was just a noisy subplot ... In 1963, the civil rights movement was largely outside of the nation's political mainstream ... It didn't come in from the cold until after passage of the landmark civil rights bills of the 1960s. (USA Today)

    Swift Sued Over Treatment of Muslims at Neb. Plant  Aug 31, 2010
    The lawsuit filed on behalf on more than 80 Somali Muslims says JBS Swift as failed to make reasonable religious accommodations, violating the workers' civil rights, since at least December 2007. Plant supervisors and non-Somali employees also harassed the Muslim workers, "interrupted their prayers, refused to let them pray, threw meat at them, called them names," among other things, the lawsuit says. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Rev. Wright Blasts Obama-Muslim Rumors  Aug 31, 2010
    If you have any historical knowledge of The Civil Rights Movement and of what the U.S. Government has done throughout various administrations that you wouldn't be proud of as an American, you might understand Rev. Wright's less than mainstream points of view and you may agree with some of them. For the most part, we have a very sanitized American history education from grade school through high school. (CBS News -- Politics)

    Beck: I don't think I'm electable  Aug 30, 2010
    Beck also defended his statement that people of faith need to reclaim the civil rights movement, arguing the movement was about giving everyone a shot, not ensuring outcomes ... "Race should not be in politics," he said referencing the alleged voter intimidation incident in 2008 involving the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia and arguing that any citizen, especially black Americans, should be outraged when they see the civil rights of others infringed upon ... "I wasn't even born during... (TheHill.com)

    Palm Beach County leaders mixed on controversy over Glenn Beck's D.C. rally  Aug 30, 2010
    But as events marched on, Beck said he saw "divine providence" in the coincidence and reflected it was time for "people of faith" to reclaim the mantle of the civil rights movement. In a Fox interview this morning, Beck said he regretted but would not retract his 2009 remarks that President Obama harbored "a deep-seated hatred" for white people. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Right-wing rally invokes God and the 'dream'  Aug 30, 2010
    CABLE TV talk host Glenn Beck turned evangelist when he exhorted Americans to turn back to God and reclaim their country at a 100,000-strong rally in Washington's hallowed National Mall that, in part, appropriated the memory of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King ... 1 million) for a veterans' charity, was staged in front of the Lincoln Memorial just steps away from where Dr King delivered his famous "I had a dream" speech at a "jobs and freedom" civil rights rally in 1963 ... Civil... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Johnston regrets saying sorry to Sarah Palin  Aug 30, 2010
    The date and place of the rally drew the ire of civil rights leaders. Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's son, Tripp, says he apologised to her mother Sarah Palin only to make Bristol happy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Jill Lepore: Chronicling the Great Migration.  Aug 30, 2010
    By the nineteen-seventies, after civil rights put an end to Jim Crow and the Great Migration stopped, six million people had left their homes. It was bigger than the Gold Rush. (New Yorker)

    Click to play video  Aug 30, 2010
    The date and place of the rally drew the ire of civil rights leaders. 30/08/10. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    - Beck, Palin urge patriotism  Aug 30, 2010
    The rally was criticized by some civil rights leaders for being held on the same day and in the same place that Martin Luther King Jr gave his I Have a Dream speech 47 years ago ... A competing march to celebrate Kings legacy was organized by black leaders including Al Sharpton, who said Beck was distorting the slain civil rights leaders message. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Video »  Aug 30, 2010
    The event drew widespread criticism for Beck's plan to hold it on the anniversary of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.'s storied "I Have a Dream" speech. Beck gave a brief speech on justice and King's original ideals, saying that "love is the only way to create change. We're all born knowing the truth and today we as a group are reawakening the collective conscience of our great nation.". (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)

    Southwest Florida women lauded for helping out  Aug 30, 2010
    Shoemaker has been an active member of the community for years serving as a city councilwoman, a business owner, an advocate for civil rights and organizer of many charities. Her experiences living through segregation and thriving on opportunities to speak at Black Leadership conferences helped her grow as a leader in Lee County. (The News-Press -- Business)

    Popcru to appeal police strike ban  Aug 30, 2010
    "Over the weekend we were involved in talks with lawyers to appeal the court interdict," said Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) spokesman Norman Mampane. The court issued the interdict last week to prevent police officers from joining the almost two-week long public service pay strike. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Jules Loh, at 79; career reporter, one of AP’s ‘Poets’ Corner’  Aug 30, 2010
    In the 1960s, Mr. Loh returned to the South where he covered landmark events of the tumultuous civil rights revolution: the funerals of four black girls killed in a 1963 church bombing by the Ku Klux Klan, racial strife in Mississippi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s Selma-to-Montgomery Freedom March, and the murdered pastor s funeral in 1968. During the 1964 civil rights bill debate, Mr. Loh sat in the Senate gallery with Malcolm X, who, he said, predicted to me privately that his own people would... (Boston Globe)

    Hub jewel to shine again  Aug 30, 2010
    Change came around 1970, when Henry Hampton, later famous as the force behind the civil rights documentary Eyes On The Prize, found out that the synagogue was for sale. Fortunately, Beacon Hill real estate was not the hot property it would soon become. (Boston Globe)

    Extra Credit: Health is a top concern for African Americans  Aug 30, 2010
    In each case, blacks can't do their jobs as journalists or as civil rights workers in the 21st century if they are too broken down and sick to move. U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, who spoke at the black journalists' convention, agreed with Oz, a cardiologist. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    62 comments  Aug 30, 2010
    This weekend, on the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, civil rights activists and hip-hop stars will hold what they call a " 00004000 healing ceremony" to commemorate the disaster. President Obama will speak at a separate event in New Orleans on Sunday. (Human Events Online)

    Maryland's Darryl Hill helped integrate the game  Aug 30, 2010
    Needless to say, the thought of cheering for black students on those football teams was unimaginable for many southern white fans in 1963, said Lane Demas, professor of history at Central Michigan University, author of Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American Football ... The integration of predominantly white college football teams in the South was a very important symbol, said Demas, especially because the most contentious debates during the civil rights era centered on public... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)

    Beck Appeals to 'Restore' the U.S.; Sharpton Commemorates MLK  Aug 29, 2010
    Just steps away from where Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech 47 years ago, conservative commentator today fervently declared that "America today begins to turn back to God" -- in a rally that drew loud protests from some civil rights groups ... Alveda King, the niece of the civil rights leader and a conservative, anti-abortion activist, spoke about her uncle after Palin and Beck. (ABC News -- Business)

    Is public opinion on gay marriage ahead of justices?  Aug 29, 2010
    And Brown, for all it was celebrated by civil rights advocates, had the effect of silencing Southern racial moderates, retarding progressive racial change, radicalizing Southern politics and creating a climate ripe for violence ... By unleashing ferocious white-on-black violence in the South, which then was communicated through the new medium of television to horrified national audiences, Brown ultimately transformed Northern opinion on race and facilitated enactment of groundbreaking civil... (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Beck urges supporters to restore honor, values  Aug 29, 2010
    Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march ... Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march ... A group of civil rights activists organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton held a counter rally at a high school, then embarked on a three-mile march to the site of a planned monument honoring King. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    King's 'dream' was about economics  Aug 29, 2010
    Upset with the lack of economic opportunities for blacks at the time, as well as the voting rights injustices, the organizers wanted to put pressure on Congress and the President Kennedy administration to put their muscle behind a comprehensive civil rights bill. No, the 1963 march had nothing to do with some hokey values espoused by a radio/TV windbag. (CNN -- US)

    Thousands expected at Beck's DC rally  Aug 29, 2010
    Civil rights leaders protested the event _ organizers have a permit for a crowd up to 300,000, though the Fox News commentator and conservative favorite said he expects 100,000 _ and scheduled a 3-mile plus march from a high school to the site of a planned King memorial near the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial ... The Rev. Al Sharpton, leading the civil rights march, said Beck's demonstration was an anti-government rally that advocated states' rights _ counter to the message in King's... (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)

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