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LBJ linked Latinos, civil rights in ‘Selma’ speech

Fifty-years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked a joint session of Congress to respond to the brutal beatings of protesters in Selma, Alabama, by passing…

Civil rights landmark bridge is named for reputed KKK leader

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — When the nation’s first Black president steps onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor the marchers beaten there 50 years ago,…

Anti-Israel divestment push gains traction at US colleges

NEW YORK (AP) — The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row, a…

UPDATED: Trayvon Martin family lawyer says DOJ’s decision marks end of road legally in case

The Department of Justice’s decision Tuesday not to charge George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin marks the end of the road for any…

3 sentenced to prison in slaying of Black man in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Three young White men who admitted they were out hunting Black people to attack when they beat, ran over and killed…

Transgender officer fired in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Francesca Quaranta told her fellow police officers in 2012 that she was transgender, she said it began a long and…

What is a slur? Redskins case forces us to decide

Something is happening just beneath the fight over the name of a certain Washington, D.C., pro football team: America is working through the process of…

5 things to know about transgender people

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama has quietly done more to advance rights for transgender people than any other president, but they remain…

Obama advances transgender rights without fanfare

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he endorsed same-sex marriage, has…

Opinion says Confederate flag at Citadel may stay

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state attorney general’s office says a Confederate flag hanging in the Summerall Chapel at The Citadel is protected by state…

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