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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…

APNewsBreak: CIA cites officers for sexual, racial harassment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifteen CIA employees were found to have committed sexual, racial or other types of harassment last year, including a supervisor who was…

GOP struggles to recruit Black voters, candidates

SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — Like an eager date, Leo Smith showed up at Mount Zion First Baptist Church with a bouquet of flowers in hand.…

Officer’s demise causes deep problems for Arpaio

PHOENIX (AP) — When sheriff’s deputy Ramon Charley Armendariz hanged himself, he left behind a house full of questions. Among the items at his house…

A place in history for gay, transgender Americans

NEW YORK (AP) — The announcement Friday that the National Park Service will begin installing markers at places of importance to the history of lesbian,…

Maya Angelou, the nation’s wise woman

Maya Angelou walked into a meeting of civil rights leaders discussing affirmative action back in the 1990s, looked around, and put them all in their…

With eye on history, judges nix gay marriage bans

Robert Shelby, a former Army combat engineer, knocked over the first domino. As a U.S. district judge — appointed in 2012 by President Barack Obama…

Pennsylvania’s gay marriage ban is struck down

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast…

Police commissioner resigns in wake of Obama slur

WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) – A town police commissioner has resigned after he admitted using a racial slur to describe President Barack Obama, an official said…

New NAACP leader: I’m Brown v. Board beneficiary

WASHINGTON (AP) — As a Head Start and Yale Law School graduate, Cornell William Brooks calls himself a direct beneficiary of Brown v. Board Education.…

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