Bill Clinton Throws Support Behind Obama; Biden Says They're Ready to Lead Aug 28, 2008
It came on the 100th anniversary of the birth of President , who broke with fellow southern Democrats to dramatically expand the civil rights of blacks, actions that led to the end of segregation. And it came on the eve of the 45th anniversary of. (Bloomberg -- US)
Democrats primed for spectacular finale Aug 28, 2008
Historic echoes will be everywhere: the speech will be taking place on the 45th anniversary of the day when civil rights icon Martin Luther King envisaged an elusive future of racial equality in his "I have a Dream" speech. Against a classically-themed backdrop and with fireworks primed to go off after his closing line, Obama will set course for a general election showdown with Republican John McCain in November which polls show is a dead heat. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Will people's vote for president this fall be affected by race? Aug 27, 2008
Ronald Reagan opened his general election campaign in Philladelphia Mississippi, the place where three civil rights workers were murdered. This was a not-to-subtle signal to the "good ole boys". (Columbus Telegram, NE)
The Urgency of Ted Kennedy's Message Aug 27, 2008
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label "Liberal?" If by "Liberal" they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer's dollar, then the record of this party and its members demonstrate that we are not that kind of "Liberal." But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares... (CBS News)
Apartheid murder plotters guilty Aug 27, 2008
"If the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) perseveres in not treating the ANC's leaders equally to other offenders, then any further prosecutions will amount to selective morality and a witch hunt," the Afrikaans civil rights group, Afri-forum, said in a statement reported by the AFP news agency. But victims of apartheid say justice should be served. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Sidley Austin Experience Downplayed in Democratic Convention Speeches Aug 27, 2008
After law school Barack turned down an offer from Sidley, opting instead to work at civil rights firm Miner, Barnhill & Galland. He also taught at the University of Chicago Law School and organized voter registration drives for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign. (Law.com)
END OF RACISM? Aug 27, 2008
there was a very successful civil rights movement back in the 60's which gave you equality. By the age of your mom's picture you must be somewhere around 35-45 years of age. (New Iberia, LA)
Lawsuit: Ill. school funding is unconstitutional Aug 27, 2008
The use of property tax violates the 2003 Illinois Civil Rights Act, the group says in the lawsuit, filed in Cook County against the state and the Illinois State Board of Education ... Minority students are simply not getting a quality education, said Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson, who was a top aide and spokeswoman for Blagojevich before moving to the civil rights organization in 2006. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
DNC BLOG: Monday Night At The Convention Aug 27, 2008
I met a lot of other California delegates and was able to speak a little to civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and California Party Chairman Art Torres, who was our keynote speaker at a fundraising dinner in Watsonville in 2006. Actress Susan Sarandon was also spotted mingling with the California delegates at the upper levels. (KSBW 8, CA)
John McCain's Election To Lose Aug 27, 2008
Happily for Obama, civil rights initiatives in Colorado, Nebraska and Arizona represent an opportunity for the Illinois senator to get both back on message and on the road to victory. These ballot initiatives would ban preferences based on race, ethnicity, and sex in the state's public contracting, education (including university admissions), and employment programs. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Michelle Obama 'Hit A Homerun' At Democratic Convention Aug 27, 2008
Traditional civil rights leaders did not speak during the prime time hours of the convention. But, they were remembered. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Mailbag questions Aug 27, 2008
First of all, if black folks in previous generations had entertained such a timid approach, there would have been no civil rights movement. Second, I find it funny that people who spend their time and energy oppressing or being associated with those who oppress are the first to jump up and state "Just let it go." If you pimp-slap somebody in the face for no justifiable reason, who are you to dictate how they should respond. (ESPN -- Golf News)
Political dynasties: Bush the third? Aug 27, 2008
Political dynasties: Bush the third. - Americas, World - The Independent. (Yahoo News -- Bush Family)
Dover-Sherborn Back-to-School, 2008-2009 Aug 27, 2008
Civil rights, right of access to programs and employment opportunities are guaranteed regardless of race, religion, handicap, sex, sexual orientation or national origin ... Grievance procedures are in place for those who believe that their civil rights have been violated according to these laws. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Matier and Ross: Oakland's missing millions Aug 27, 2008
The platform also seeks fuller civil rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, including putting an end to the Clinton-era "don't ask, don't tell" rule for gays in the military. But when it comes to the M-word, the rule seems to be, "Don't ask - don't say.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Africa: Obama Would Help Continent, Says Conyers Aug 27, 2008
Yes, it will, declared African-American Congressman John Conyers, a hero of the 1960s' civil rights movement and a longtime campaigner on global health initiatives. "A president who is an American with African roots would make a huge statement not only to Africa but to the entire world," Congressman Conyers said. (allAfrica.com)
Clinton hails historic campaign, stands tall behind Obama Aug 27, 2008
Hillary Clinton clasped her hands, as though in prayer, as she talked about the fight for "an America defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights.". Obama watched the speech in Billings, Mont. (Anchorage Daily News)
D.C. Voting-Rights Debate Nears Do-or-Die Moment Aug 27, 2008
"We think unless something happens -- arms are twisted -- that we have it," said Nancy Zirkin, a top official with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, another major backer of the bill. But opponents, led by Senate Minority Leader (R-Ky. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Congress)
1,000 dogs are rescued from W.Va. kennel... Aug 27, 2008
and you can forget about civil rights. that would require way to much education for some of these people. (The Drudge Report)
Martin Luther King's Letter From Bi... Aug 27, 2008
Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail: Dr. King Diputes Critics of 1963 Civil Rights Protests in Birmingham ... Dr. King Diputes Critics of 1963 Civil Rights Protests in Birmingham ... Dr. King s letter is a powerful collection of statements about why he was in Birmingham, the unjust laws that persecuted Negro people in Alabama and the sense of momentum that the civil rights movement was gathering at the time. (Suite101.com)
State budget crisis: Spending cuts must be strategic and selective Aug 27, 2008
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether state mental hospitals are already so overcrowded and understaffed that they systematically violate the civil rights of their patients, including the fundamental right to be safe. The jury is still out on whether for-profit providers can effectively serve state mental patients, an idea the state says it wants to pursue. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Slavery history lessons to be compulsory Aug 27, 2008
"It is important that children learn about this and the links to wider world history, such as the American civil rights movement the repercussions of which are still being felt today." ... Pupils will also be encouraged to look at the international and long-term impacts of slavery and its links to the twentieth-century civil rights movement in America. (guardian.co.uk)
Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest Aug 27, 2008
Liam Mullone in his Civil Rights Response Unit, which offers outdoor smokers comfort as they contemplate. the death of civil liberties. (Yahoo News -- Smoking)
Another Radical Obama Association? Aug 27, 2008
Civil rights activist Percy Sutton recalled being solicited by a man named Dr. Khalid A-Mansour to write a letter of recommendation to help Obama gain acceptance into Harvard Law in this undated television interview available. "I was introduced to him [Obama] by a friend who was raising money for him and the friends name was Dr. Khalid al Mansour from Texas, Sutton said. He is the principle adviser to one of the world's richest men. He told me about Obama. He wrote to me about him and his... (Townhall.com)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 26, 2008 Aug 27, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. Use military force on Russia. (North County Times)
Canadian Idol says goodbye to Earl Aug 27, 2008
An Islamic civil rights advocacy group has asked Warner Bros. to change the title of its upcoming film Towelhead because, it says, "the word is commonly used in a derogatory manner against people of the Muslim faith or Arab origin.". (Ottawa Citizen)
Clintons cancel DNC book signing Aug 27, 2008
My Life," Clinton's 957-page autobiography, will appear in stores on June 22, with 1.5 million copies printed. Representatives of the Clintons talked about hosting a signing party at the State Room, the 33rd-floor ballroom at Sixty State Street formerly known as the Bay Tower Room, said Elaine Twombly, director of catering and sales manager at the State Room, but the idea was ultimately dropped.Currently there is a party at the State Room organized by friends of the Clintons, which the Clintons... (Yahoo News -- Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Russians draw the line Aug 27, 2008
They are not part of our community and we thoroughly reject their efforts to insinuate that pedophilia is an issue related to gay and lesbian civil rights. "[14] NAMBLA responded by claiming that "man/boy love is by definition homosexual," that "man/boy lovers are part of the gay movement and central to gay history and culture," and that "homosexuals denying that it is 'not gay' to be attracted to adolescent boys are just as ludicrous as heterosexuals saying it's 'not heterosexual' to be... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Depositions Taken In Anthrax Case Aug 27, 2008
Hatfill's lawsuit, filed in 2003 in U.S. District Court in Washington, accuses the Justice Department of violating the Privacy Act and his civil rights by labeling him a "person of interest" in the mailings of envelopes containing anthrax bacteria. He has denied any part in the mailings, which killed five people. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
LA police reassigned over clashes Aug 27, 2008
Officials have denied the police deliberately targeted immigrants or civil rights activists. Bratton has said an order to disperse may not have been clear. (Yahoo News -- Law Enforcement)
Asian-Americans step up to ballot box Aug 27, 2008
More than 40 percent of Asian-Americans who cast ballots last November in Massachusetts were voting for the first time, according to a survey released yesterday by a civil rights group. That proportion of first-time voters was higher in Massachusetts than in many other states surveyed across the country, according to exit polls conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
49ers can't say 'sorry' enough Aug 27, 2008
Yvonne Lee, a former U.S. civil rights commissioner and a member of a community coalition that invited York to the meeting, cringed at the bucktoothed image that was reminiscent of anti-Japanese propaganda during WWII, and said she wants the team to enforce a zero-tolerance policy for bigotry. Gordon Chin, executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, said he longs for the days when players came to Chinatown every Monday during football season to meet children. (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
Hillary Clinton cheers Obama, attacks McCain, Bush Aug 27, 2008
" But does Bill Clinton? There have been numerous reports that the former president is having a tougher time getting over his wife's defeat, but Mr. Clinton has remained silent throughout -- perhaps too silent for some Obama supporters, who want to see an all-out effort by the Clintons to help Mr. Obama win in November. "It can damage their [the Clintons'] legacy if they don't get a grip pretty quick," civil rights activist Al Sharpton told the New York Times yesterday, and some delegates said... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Minorities, Women Gain Professionally Aug 27, 2008
Decades after civil rights campaigns opened hiring to women, the nation's police and fire departments remain overwhelmingly male, census numbers show. But minorities have made strides in both fields, helped by lawsuits and a recent push for recruitment of Spanish-speaking police officers. (Yahoo News -- Census)
Post a comment » Aug 27, 2008
Muslim countries have horrible civil rights policies and quality of life. Do you want to live that way. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Muscatine bar fight leads to federal civil rights charges (3416) Aug 27, 2008
Muscatine bar fight leads to federal civil rights charges ... Four people from Kansas are facing federal civil rights charges stemming from a bar fight in Muscatine in December. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
That's a negative Aug 27, 2008
He didn't have to add that the party of Lincoln had jettisoned its historic commitment to civil rights with a cynical strategy to win the white Southern vote. In a way, the power of Leach's criticism was precisely in its understatement. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Ariz. ballot issues Aug 27, 2008
Sponsor: Ward Connerly and American Civil Rights Coalition What it would do: Ban the consideration of race or gender in state hiring, contracts and college admissions. The bottom line: Proponents say affirmative action is reverse discrimination; foes say the measure would hurt programs that help women and minorities. (AZCentral -- News)
For Kennedy and tearful crowd, 'the dream lives on' in Denver Aug 27, 2008
The documentary featured John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights pioneer, Sen. John Kerry, and Kennedy s wife, Vicki, featured alongside Kennedy footage, from the family photo at the Court of St. James through his appearances with Obama. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Officer Accused Of Body Slamming To Appear In Federal Court Aug 27, 2008
NEW YORK -- A police officer who arrested a woman after allegedly body slamming her in a bar will appear in federal court Wednesday over charges he violated her civil rights ... A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed on June 27 against Simoes, who arrested the 44-year-old home health aide after allegedly slamming her to the ground, leaving her unconscious ... The indictment charges Simoes with violating of federal civil rights laws, which make it a crime to willfully deprive a person of rights... (WNBC.com, NY)
In emotional tribute, Kennedy passes torch Aug 27, 2008
"We were sitting in the Senate gallery the day the civil rights bill was passed," one of the first and most monumental pieces of legislation Kennedy championed as a young senator. "My sister had a major crush on him.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
From 'Cross of Gold' to 'Reporting for Duty' Aug 27, 2008
1964 Atlantic City, N.J.Black civil rights activists belonging to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenged the Mississippi delegation to the convention, saying the segregated elections in the state were illegal. President Lyndon Johnson, needing the support of Southern politicians, managed to blunt the challenge. (Human Events Online)
Taking care of its people is what makes a country great Aug 27, 2008
There is the Rural Electric Administration, FEMA to provide assistance in emergencies, the Civil Rights Act to protect women and minorities from discrimination, support of public universities providing first-class education at lower cost, welfare programs such as food stamps and Aid to Dependent Children ... pete wrote on Aug 26, 2008 2:20 PM:" I find it laughable that she would throw in civil rights as a democrat accomplishment. It was 1963 which is so far back if you think about it that a... (Sioux City Journal)
Men sue San Jose police claiming rights violations Aug 27, 2008
Three Hispanic men have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of San Jose accusing city police of racial profiling over their arrests for alleged public intoxication. The $20 million lawsuit claims police want to discourage young people of color from coming downtown. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Renée Fleming, Pink Floyd, Jennifer Hudson Aug 27, 2008
An Islamic civil rights group has asked Warner Brothers to change the title of the forthcoming movie "Towelhead," Reuters reported. The Greater Los Angeles Area Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the title should be changed because the term was considered a "racial and religious slur." The movie, directed by Alan Ball , was adapted from Alicia Erian's novel of the same name. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears Aug 27, 2008
But civil-liberties and privacy advocates say the scale and contents of such a database raise immediate privacy and civil rights concerns, in part because tens of thousands of local police officers could gain access to personal details about people who have not been arrested or charged with crimes ... Much information will be kept out of the system, including data about public corruption cases, classified or sensitive topics, confidential informants, administrative cases and civil rights probes... (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Tiananmen protesters still held 18 years on Aug 27, 2008
Chinese Human Rights Defenders said three men who had been sentenced either to suspended death sentences or life in prison in 1989 had been released in 2006, partly as a result of pressure from the west, but were still deprived of full civil rights. They quoted the unnamed former prisoner who spent four years compiling the list as saying: "I want to tell those who claim that Tiananmen belongs to another era that, behind the high, barbed-wire-ringed walls of the Chinese prisons, Tiananmen... (Yahoo News -- Human Rights)
LBJ biographer Caro nearing the end Aug 27, 2008
Johnson has double legacy -- civil rights and Vietnam War ... Johnson, born August 27, 1908, remains a president with a double legacy -- the great champion of civil rights and the despairing commander in chief who didn't bother to seek a second term ... Hillary Clinton said that the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of equality only "began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964." Many criticized Clinton for minimizing the power of King's oratory --... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Biden's mission Aug 27, 2008
Hubert Humphrey (and forgive me for harking back to the first convention I attended) set the gold standard in Atlantic City in 1964 when he lambasted Lyndon Johnson's GOP rival by ticking off a series of Senate votes from Medicare to civil rights that were supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, "But not Sen. Goldwater." The rhythmic repetition of this line, as the galleries gleefully joined in, underscored the political message that Goldwater was a dangerous extremist. Inspiration and... (Salon)
Apartheid murder plotters guilty Aug 26, 2008
"If the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) perseveres in not treating the ANC's leaders equally to other offenders, then any further prosecutions will amount to selective morality and a witch hunt," the Afrikaans civil rights group, Afri-forum, said in a statement reported by the AFP news agency. But victims of apartheid say justice should be served. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
'The torch will be passed again,' Kennedy vows to jubilant convention Aug 26, 2008
"Friends said the longtime champion of civil rights had been determined to attend the convention, despite his illness, to be part of the historic week officially making Obama the first black major party nominee for president. But Kennedy waited until his Boston doctors gave him final clearance before boarding a jet Sunday for the journey to Denver, and he had a precautionary checkup at a local hospital after he arrived. As late as yesterday afternoon, it was still undecided if the senator would... (Boston Globe)
2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as prepared for delivery by Jim Leach, Former Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1st District, Iowa Aug 26, 2008
It took almost two centuries of struggle, hallmarked by a civil war, the suffrage and abolitionist movements, the Harlem renaissance and a courageous civil rights leadership to bring meaning to the values embedded in the Declaration of Independence ... On the Republican side, Arthur Vandenberg helped President Truman launch the Marshall Plan, and Everett Dirksen backed Lyndon Johnson's landmark civil rights legislation. (PR Newswire)
2008 Democratic National Convention: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Judith McHale, Co-Chair Platform Committee Aug 26, 2008
We will turn our values into action, standing up for families, supporting our seniors, defending our civil rights and strongly denouncing sexism, which sadly continues to be so prevalent throughout our society. When our neighbors are in trouble, on the rooftops of New Orleans or the farms of Iowa, we will step in, not sit by. (PR Newswire)
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Sunita Leeds, Co-Chair Rules Committee Aug 26, 2008
She is currently president of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, the largest Arab-American grassroots civil rights organization in the country. Please welcome Mary Rose Oakar. (PR Newswire)
The 2008 Convention: Tonight's Convention Program to Feature Barack Obama's Friends and Colleagues from Illinois Aug 26, 2008
Born in 1950 and raised in New Rochelle, New York, Mr. Kellman began anti-war and civil rights organizing while still in high school. Tom Balanoff For generations, the Chicago South Side family of Tom Balanoff has been leading the fight for workers' rights, for desegregation and for racial and economic justice. (PR Newswire)
Commissioners propose closing one jail to cut costs Aug 26, 2008
" US Mail wrote on Aug 25, 2008 10:19 AM:" Commissioner Kelly, would it have saved money if you had not got us into this Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit, we the tax payers are going to loose again because of incompetence. Also, there is no need of working on any change to the jail, until there is a new Sheriff that can supervise it. (Durant Daily Democrat, OK)
Remes Joins the Ranks of Gitmo Devotees Aug 26, 2008
a veteran civil rights attorney in Chicago, shuttered her solo practice in the beginning of 2007 ... "Based upon my experience with the detainees and my experience with the criminal court, I can probably never go back to civil rights practice," Gorman says. (Law.com)
SmallTownPapers, Justice Dept. in military employee firing tiff Aug 26, 2008
Employers must do their part to ensure that our service members jobs are protected while they train to defend our nation at home and abroad, said Grace Chung Becker, acting assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, in a statement. But SmallTownPapers officials said Bonnin wasn t fired for attending active duty training. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Lawsuit: Ill. school funding is unconstitutional Aug 26, 2008
The use of property tax violates the 2003 Illinois Civil Rights Act, the group says in the lawsuit, filed in Cook County against the state and the Illinois State Board of Education ... Minority students are simply not getting a quality education, said Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson, who was a top aide and spokeswoman for Blagojevich before moving to the civil rights organization in 2006. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
John Edwards' Earlier Visit to Lover? Aug 26, 2008
A lot of people thought the famous civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta and ambassador to the United Nations was claiming to be the father of Hunter s baby and keeping her in a home near his North Carolina compound. Of course, it was another, younger and much less heralded Andrew Young. (Fox News)
Liberalism: 'Contrary to all that made America great' Aug 26, 2008
To FDRdemocrat wrote on Aug 25, 2008 11:49 AM:" Might I remind you that Civil Rights (as defined in the 1960's) was NOT popular with the Democrats. It was largely a REPUBLICAN issue back then. " ... FDRdemocrat wrote on Aug 24, 2008 11:35 AM:" It was liberals who led this country through two world wars, it was liberals who pulled us out of the great depression, it was liberals who fought for civil rights and it was liberals who started a revolution and founded this country. I am proud to be a... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Political dynasties: Bush the third? Aug 26, 2008
Political dynasties: Bush the third. - Americas, World - The Independent. (Yahoo News -- Bush Family)
Emotional opening in Denver as Kennedy passes the torch Aug 26, 2008
the civil rights veteran and confidant of Robert Kennedy, describe how Ted "picked up where his two brothers left off.". Ordinary people offered tributes to how Kennedy would read to children at a school, or fight for better armor for the troops in Iraq. (Anchorage Daily News)
D.C. Voting-Rights Debate Nears Do-or-Die Moment Aug 26, 2008
"We think unless something happens -- arms are twisted -- that we have it," said Nancy Zirkin, a top official with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, another major backer of the bill. But opponents, led by Senate Minority Leader (R-Ky. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Congress)
Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest Aug 26, 2008
Liam Mullone in his Civil Rights Response Unit, which offers outdoor smokers comfort as they contemplate. the death of civil liberties. (Yahoo News -- Smoking)
