Obama, at National Prayer Breakfast, calls for civil political debate
"At times, it seems like we're unable to listen to one another; to have at once a serious and civil debate." Obama contrasted the sense of duty and service ...
Danny McBride to Star in Jody Hill-s L.A.P.I.
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‘Greensboro Four’ receive award for key role in civil rights movement
The Smithsonian will be commemorating this and other historical civil rights events throughout 2010. And a brand new museum in Greensboro, the International ...
Charter schools' growth promoting segregation, studies say
The typical black charter-school student attends a campus where nearly three in four students also are black, researchers with the Civil Rights Project at ...
Hundreds of conservative activists converge for the start of National Tea Party Convention
But the groups largely have united around a common cause: a don't-tread-on-me brand of fiscal conservatism and a belief that the federal government, first under President George W. Bush and now under Obama, has recklessly plunged the nation further into debt and overstepped its constitutional powers. "If you take 1,000 so-called tea partyers and ask them what this movement is, you'll get 1,000 different interpretations," said Mark Williams, a talk-radio host and chairman of the Tea Party Express, which next month will begin a nationwide bus tour featuring Palin. "I've had pro-lifers practically standing next to pro-choicers, and gun-control people standing next to people with a pisto...
Dunleavy out as Clipper coach, stays in as front-office boss
And despite Blake Griffin's(notes) absence and various other nagging injuries, this team doesn't compete consistently, it doesn't play a smart brand of ...
Six Flags park sues No. 2 hotel on TripAdivsor's 'Dirtiest hotels' list
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UT to soon host collection of iconic images
The civil rights leader reaches the climax of his Have A Dream speech, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. ...
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He says he's most excited when he can achieve radical results through creativity, a skill he learned studying the legal tactics of civil rights leaders ...
Thousands gather in downtown Greensboro for civil rights museum opening
Kay Hagan and US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez. For some, the moment was cause to celebrate. Darren Brand led a group of current ...