Julian Bond (born 1940) was a civil rights leader who was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965. Denied his seat because of his endorsement of an anti-Vietnam War statement, he was s...
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The NAACP is close to making a deal to move its headquarters from Baltimore to the nation's capital, District of Columbia officials and the civil rights group's president said Monday.Terms of the a...
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David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.The British rocker's donatio...
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Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kathy Boudin, has died at 96.Rabinowitz di...
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Today is Sunday, Jan. 14, the 14th day of 2007. There are 351 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 14, 1784, the United States ratified a peace treaty with England, ending the...
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The NAACP is needed now more than ever because the Bush administration has done little to support blacks, the civil rights organization's national chairman said Sunday as its 98th annual convention...
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A woman is donating more than $128 million to a Quaker high school in honor of her late father, an economist who taught Warren Buffett. The gift, nearly twice the school's current endowment, is bel...
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Civil rights leaders who met Friday with top Justice Department officials said they are discouraged that the department has not filed any civil rights actions in the racially charged "Jena 6" case....
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Bruce S. Gordon quit as NAACP president after clashing with the board over the group's modern-day mission, a move that highlights a stubborn problem for activists: how to do civil rights work in an...
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Victor RabinowitzNEW YORK (AP) — Victor Rabinowitz, a lawyer who represented leftist causes and clients such as Alger Hiss, the Black Panthers, Fidel Castro and Weather Underground member Kat...
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Julian Bond
Mayor: NAACP nears move to D.C.
