SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…
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GERMANY GETS ITS 1ST BLACK MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
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AT U OF ALA., LEADERS TREAD LIGHTLY ON SEGREGATION
By JAY REEVES In this Sept. 18, 2013, photo, University of Alabama President Judy Bonner, right, shakes hands with student Isaac Bell of Montgomery, Ala., following a march by faculty…
EX-STUDENT LEADERS: END GREEK SEGREGATION AT ALA.
By JAY REEVES Alabama State University spokesman Ken Mullinax poses at the school in Montgomery, Ala., Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 with a copy of an ad he and 17 other…
LA. GOVERNOR DEMANDS FEDS DROP SUIT AGAINST STATE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this Aug. 30, 2013, photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the Americans for Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit in Orlando. Jindal on Wednesday,…
PEOPLE MARCH AGAINST GREEK SEGREGATION AT ALABAMA
By JAY REEVES In this Aug. 17, 2013 photo, female students at the University of Alabama prepare to run from Bryant-Denny Stadium to their new sorority houses after receiving their…
NAACP PRESIDENT BEN JEALOUS TO STEP DOWN THIS YEAR
File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the…
NY CASE PUTS N-WORD — USE AMONG BLACKS ON TRIAL
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Brandi Johnson, left, and her lawyer, Marjorie M. Sharpe, leave federal court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, after a civil jury awarded $30,000 in punitive…