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TodaysDrum posted a blog entry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:44:59 America/Los_Angeles

Preservationists fight to properly document slave cemetery
Eugene Frazier and Thomas Johnson are two men on a mission to preserve, document and save one of the few remaining...
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katharinec posted a blog entry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:09:14 America/Los_Angeles

"For centuries unjust laws banned marriage between blacks and whites or Indians and Europeans,” he..."
““For centuries unjust laws banned marriage between blacks and whites or Indians and...
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TodaysDrum posted a blog entry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:08:29 America/Los_Angeles

The many shades of a decade
12 key civil rights moments of the decade. The first decade of the new century has been marked by incredible triumphs, ongoing...
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Logical Extremes shared an item

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:29:08 America/Los_Angeles

The Tort of Privacy’s Racist Past
As New York Times v. Sullivan made clear, defamation has a bigoted past. There, Montgomery, Alabama’s police commissioner brought a defamation suit against The New York Times after it published an advertisement, “Heed Their Rising Voices,” which...
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motownmutt posted a tweet

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:18:50 America/Los_Angeles

I thought Rev. King brought races together, why does it seem like today's civil rights "heroes" separate races into exclusive causes?
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katharinec posted a blog entry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:16:00 America/Los_Angeles

First gay couple in Martha Stewart Weddings | The Bilerico...
First gay couple in Martha Stewart Weddings | The Bilerico Project
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buco posted a blog entry

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:15:08 America/Los_Angeles

Top U.S. Commander: Women Who Become Pregnant While On Active Duty Face Jailtime
Major General Anthony Cucolo, who is responsible for operations in northern Iraq, has issued a controversial new policy —...
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db0 shared an item

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:14:11 America/Los_Angeles

Bad Cops, Lying Media, and Anarchist Scapegoats
I’m having a really hard time deciding who are worse – police or media. As you may have already heard. There was a giant snowball fight at the corner of U and 14th in Washington, DC. I was there from about 2:30 to 3:00 and it was fun as hell. ...
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donwill posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:44:02 America/Los_Angeles

Federal LGBT employment benefits bill moves out of committee
By 365gay Newswire (Washington) The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
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Irate Nate posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:15:43 America/Los_Angeles

Hamas abusing European law to demand arrest of Israeli leaders for war crimes
clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk The Islamist group Hamas is masterminding efforts to have senior Israeli leaders arrested...
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eHarmony Blog posted a tweet

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:07:00 America/Los_Angeles

A reader says: As for civil rights. This is a cooperation not a govermental entity. However, I will be interested... http://bit.ly/5ESm6X
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Sue Scaletta posted a blog entry

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:13:07 America/Los_Angeles

A Review of the book, Listen To My Dream by Debi Pearl
Listen To My Dream is an elementary level story of the life and influence of Martin Luther King, Jr, published in December of...
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Aine posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:06:07 America/Los_Angeles

Feds defy order to provide same-sex benefits
The Obama administration refused Friday to follow a federal judge’s order to provide insurance benefits to the wife of a...
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Graham English listened to a track

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:07:42 America/Los_Angeles

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - We Shall Overcome - Bruce Springsteen
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TodaysDrum posted a blog entry

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:02:01 America/Los_Angeles

Black leaders urge census to change how it counts inmates
Marc H. Morial, president of the National Urban League and chairman of a census advisory committee, said the practice now...
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BA Blogger shared an item

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:44 America/Los_Angeles

Does The LGBTQ Community Blame The Black Community For Gay Marriage Losses?
HuffPo’s David Kaufman Needs To Learn How To Play In The Civil Rights Sandbox Let me make a few things perfectly clear: No one, and I mean no one, owns the patent, trademark, or copyright on civil rights. Not blacks, not gays, not anyone. No one, and...
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wordsmith posted a tweet

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:00:16 America/Los_Angeles

Another tough legislative battle waged in a split America. RT @wordsnourishme Food For Thought: 1964 Civil Rights Act http://cli.gs/qsWTr
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Wisco bookmarked a link

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:46:57 America/Los_Angeles

News Roundup for 12/18/09
It's the end of civilization
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Marisa Duma posted a tweet

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:37:15 America/Los_Angeles

Wonder what will happen if civil authority challenges government authority. "Democracy", civil rights aside.
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viKtor k posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:41:00 America/Los_Angeles

Thomas Perez ain't Playing: Vows to step up Hate Crimes Enforcement
This is news I'm glad to hear! Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez said that he will beef up Hate Crimes enforcement. He...
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buco posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:19:20 America/Los_Angeles

Marriage equality is now legal in the nation’s capital.
This morning at the All Souls Unitarian church in Washington, DC, approximately 150 activists and same-sex couples congregated...
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One More Lesbian posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:38:46 America/Los_Angeles

US Secretary Clinton on LGBT Rights and Uganda
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HiScrivener posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:00:40 America/Los_Angeles

Former KKK Leader now an ordained COGIC minister
I have heard of the pot calling the kettle black, so what in the world does this newly ordained minister for a COGIC church...
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girlzdesign posted a blog entry

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:54:38 America/Los_Angeles

D.C. Council Gives Final Passage to Same-Sex Marriage Bill
From HRCThe Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights...
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Reality Hammer posted a blog entry

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:28:54 America/Los_Angeles

Bush told Justice Department to stonewall Civil Rights Commission inquiry
The Bush era Department of Justice stonewalled the Civil Rights Commission looking into a confirmed report that radical white...
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