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  • A small group of Southern Republicans today blocked the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Tyler Lewis reports on civilrights. org:

    Civil Rights 2010

  • The group whish has benefitted least when it comes to civilrights/affirmative action is the black male.

    Hillary-Obama Duel For Black Votes May Be Most Intense Yet, Dems Say 2009

  • In s very short time the gay civilrights movement made it the cause celb and spending on it vastly out paced other more wide spread illnesses.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Ezra Klein, There Is A Reason You Can’t Get An Answer to Your Question 2009

  • Los Angeles civilrights lawyer Leo Terrell, however, argues that such a conclusion is "ludicrous."

    Will Race Taint The Jury Pool? 2008

  • He's been known to remark on how ironic it was to be leaving for Vietnam while his father-in-law in Birmingham kept a loaded shotgun to protect Powell's wife and baby son from civilrights turmoil.

    Everybody's Dream Candidate 2008

  • The vast white American middle class accepted the landmark civilrights legislation in 1964-65, they say, but never accepted the core idea of affirmative action: that government should foster, and even require, equal racial outcomes.

    The Books That Shape The Debate 2008

  • They fought discrimination under W.W. Law [a Georgia civilrights leader] and the NAACP. You all have a much tougher road.

    'The Lure Of Excuses' ..Mr.- 2008

  • Publicly, many civilrights leaders have denounced Shelby Steele and a handful of other black "neo-conservatives" who argue that AfricanAmericans should stop blaming whites for all their problems and do more to help themselves.

    A Crisis Of Shattered Dreams 2008

  • In 1969 and 1970, civilrights organizations helped defeat two of his court choices, Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. and G. Harrold Carswell.

    Liberals And The Lessons Of Bork 2008

  • A steady toll of gun-related murders has finally forced civilrights leaders to focus on black-on-black crimes (page 22).

    Farewell To Arms 2008

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