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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…

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.…

Segregation gains ground 60 years after Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Segregation is making a comeback in U.S. schools. Progress toward integrated classrooms has largely been rolled back since the Supreme Court issued…

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than…

LA NAACP head quits amid fury over Sterling honor

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The president of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP resigned Thursday, following outrage over a decision he later reversed to…

Banned for Life: Racist views exile Sterling from the NBA

Donald Sterling is being exiled for racist views shared in private. America cherishes its freedom of thought and speech. But Sterling’s comments were so nakedly…

White supremacist gets probation in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge sentenced a White supremacist Tuesday to four years of probation but no additional jail time for terrorizing…

Broadway sees gains for Black audiences, actors

NEW YORK (AP) — Early one Sunday this month, 56 people boarded a bus in a suburb of Washington, D.C., to make the trip to…

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