ALABAMA CHURCH MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOMBING
By JAY REEVES Churchgoers file outside the church as a wreath is carried at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013. The congregation gathered outside…
Race and ethnicity
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…
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE DIVIDED IN NYC MAYOR’S RACE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE- In this Aug. 13, 2013, file photo, New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson arrives for the Democratic primary debate in New York. Thompson, who nearly…
MANDELA REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, CONDITION UNCHANGED
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA FILE- Former South African President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 94th birthday in Qunu, South Africa, in this file photo dated Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Mandela…
‘DREAM’ CEREMONIES REVEAL POLITICAL SEGREGATION
By JESSE WASHINGTON FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill…
ORIGINAL AP STORY ON THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON
By RAYMOND J. CROWLEY FILE – In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his “I…
ANOTHER MARCH ON WASHINGTON REMEMBERS MLK’S DREAM
By SUZANNE GAMBOA and NANCY BENAC Three women who attended previous March’s on Washington, from left, Armanda Hawkins of Memphis, Vera Moore of Washington, and Betty Waller Gray of Richmond,…
OBAMA HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PERSONAL HERO
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE This photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 shows President Barack Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama was 2 years old…