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Charles Morgan, civil rights-era lawyer from Alabama, dies in Florida; Bond, Ali among clients
Associated Press WriterMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights-era lawyer from Alabama who represented Julian Bond and Muhammad Ali and argued for the "one man, one vote" principle that redrew political maps, died Thursday. He was 78. Family members...Tags: Wars and Interventions, American Civil Liberties Union, Parliament, Racism, Employment Opportunities
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Griffin Bell dies at 90; former attorney general and federal judge was at center of racial disputes
Griffin B. Bell, a Southern judge who earned both enmity and praise during the civil rights era -- and later served as a reform-minded attorney general under President Carter -- died Monday morning at an Atlanta hospital. He was 90.
Bell died of...Tags: Government, John F. Kennedy, Judges, Corporate Officers, Trials
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Obama win a civil-rights revolution
The Swampby James Oliphant Remember the struggles. Little Rock. James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. Brown vs. Board of Education. Birmingham and Bull Connor. The Boston busing riots. Throw in, if you like, Rosa Parks. Or Jackie Robinson. Social...Tags: Government, California, Local Elections, Elementary Schools, Dwight David Eisenhower
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Bond reverses decision on position with NAACP
Three weeks after announcing that he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, Julian Bond said yesterday that he has changed his mind. Bond said in an interview on The Tom Joyner Morning Show that he was flooded with calls...Tags: Corporate Officers, Government, NAACP, National Government
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Nation briefs: Bank's offer seeks to end Chicago sit-in
The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said yesterday it would extend loans to the factory so it could resolve the dispute, but the workers declared their protest unfinished. A resolution...Tags: Plant Closings, Bank of America Corp., NAACP, San Diego (San Diego, California), Employees
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NAACP board chairman Bond now says he will seek new term
The Associated PressThree weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond said today that he has changed his mind. Bond said in an interview on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" that he...Tags: NAACP
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Maryland: Bond wants NAACP seat
BALTIMORE Three weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond said Tuesday that he has changed his mind. Bond said in an interview on The Tom Joyner Morning Show...Tags: Government, Justice and Rights, NAACP, National Government, Civil Rights
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A victory that revolutionizes civil rights
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — Remember the struggles. Little Rock. James Meredith at the University of Mississippi. Brown vs. Board of Education. Birmingham and Bull Connor. The Boston busing riots. Throw in, if you like, Rosa Parks. Or Jackie Robinson. Social...Tags: Government, California, Local Elections, Elementary Schools, Dwight David Eisenhower
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NAACP chairman Bond won't seek new term
BALTIMORE Veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond will not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP's national board, saying the time is right to "let a new generation of leaders" take over the century-old organization. Bond, 68, has served as...Tags: NAACP
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Why not just have civil unions for everyone?
Today's question: Why should the state recognize marriage at all? Wouldn't it be better to leave marriage to religious groups and instead have civil unions for everyone? Previously, Broyles and Jean offered their views of what would happen to married...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Government, California, Freedom of Religion, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Changing of the guard in black leadership?
emily.ngo@am-ny.comOutside the South Beach Cafe in Harlem, a mural emblazoned "Great African Americans" features the Rev. Jesse Jackson alongside Malcolm X, Frederick Douglass and other groundbreakers. Inside the neighborhood eatery, however, a hostess readily slams...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson, Tennessee, George Washington, National or Ethnic Minorities
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For Obama, beyond civil rights
ABarack Obama presidency could end the Iraq war, transform our national energy policy, revive America's standing in the world -- but please don't expect the first black man in the Oval Office to move us above and beyond the civil rights era. At least...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Government, John F. Kennedy, Social Problems, National Government
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