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Fiery Obama hails black history
NEW YORK (AFP) - US President Barack Obama paid passionate tribute to black civil rights trailblazers on the centennial of the NAACP, but said a "new mindset" was necessary to achieve a post-racial America.
People:Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. U.S. Civil Rights Movement African-American Slavery Source:(AFP)
2009-07-16
Black Americans turn to DNA to trace African roots
ATLANTA (Reuters) - To get a sense of the pain many black Americans feel about their broken connection to Africa, just listen to the cries of joy when the divide was bridged by blacks who used DNA to trace their roots to a specific country:
Nations:Ghana Sierra Leone Senegal Nigeria Kenya U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-09
Warren's inauguration prayer could draw more ire
President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another. At George W. Bush's 2001 swearing-in, the Revs. Franklin Graham and Kirbyjon Caldwell were criticized for invoking Christ. The distinctly Christian reference at a national civic event offended some, and even prompted a lawsuit.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Richard Nixon George W. Bush Bill Clinton Activities:Obama Admin. U.S. Civil Rights Movement Source:(AP)
2008-12-30
American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77
NEW YORK - Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77.
Nations:U.S. People:Joan Baez Harry Belafonte Bob Dylan Barack Obama Bill Clinton Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement
2008-12-03
One-time MLK lieutenant gets 15 years for incest
A one-time top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for having sex more than a decade ago with his then-teenage daughter.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement Source:(AP)
2008-10-15
| Headlines |
- Fiery Obama hails black history 2009-07-16
- Black Americans turn to DNA to trace African roots 2009-07-09
- Warren's inauguration prayer could draw more ire 2008-12-30
- American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77 2008-12-03
- One-time MLK lieutenant gets 15 years for incest 2008-10-15
- McCain: Lewis' remarks on campaign tone are unfair 2008-10-13
- Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed' 2008-10-13
- Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred' 2008-10-11
- NM GOP official quits over remarks about blacks 2008-09-25
- Obama win not to supplant civil rights campaign 2008-07-29
- Sharpton defends Jackson despite Obama comments 2008-07-29
- The minister who leads Democrats to faith 2008-07-09
- Black Americans on long road to political equality 2008-06-30
- 1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84 2008-06-22
- Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue 2008-06-06
- Back in '68: war, race tensions brought blood to US streets 2008-04-14
- Civil rights icon's incest trial starts 2008-04-08
- McCain, Clinton, Obama to Pay Homage Today to King 2008-04-04
- White House contest puts race into sharp focus 2008-03-21
- Philly mayor sticking with Clinton 2008-03-10
- Civil rights leader switches to Obama 2008-02-27
- Many blacks worry about Obama's safety 2008-02-22
- Bush: Noose displays 'deeply offensive' 2008-02-12
- Historians fear MLK's legacy being lost 2008-01-21
- Popular view of King ignores complexity 2008-01-20
- At King church, Obama urges unity 2008-01-20
- Clinton tries to mend ties to blacks 2008-01-18
- Clinton takes campaign to black voters, day after race row 2008-01-14
- La. protests hark back to '50s, '60s 2007-09-20
- Hundreds join Jena 6 rally in Louisiana 2007-09-20
- Little La. town gears up for big protest 2007-09-19
- Mississippi ex-Klansman on trial for race murders 2007-06-04
- U.S. history enjoys a renaissance 2007-05-30
- Famed Vietnam War reporter Halberstam dies 2007-04-23
- Clinton courts blacks, assails Bush 2007-04-21
- 'Dukes of Hazzard' nixed in Cincinnati 2007-03-20
- Obama, Clinton converge on civil rights shrine 2007-03-04
- In Selma, Obama appeals to black voters 2007-03-04
- End of Till case draws mixed response 2007-03-04
- FBI reviews 100 civil rights-era cold case murders 2007-02-27
- No indictment in '55 Emmett Till slaying 2007-02-27
- Black youth divided over view of U.S.: report 2007-02-01
- Survey details the lives of black youth 2007-02-01
- Parties mocking blacks spark outrage 2007-01-31
- Moderates: Dems should talk about religion 2006-07-23
- House may renew landmark Voting Rights Act 2006-07-12
- Southern Republicans balk at renewing landmark Civil Rights bill 2006-06-27
- King family to auction civil rights leader's papers 2006-06-22
- Miss. Gov. Denies Pardon for Black Veteran 2006-05-04
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