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American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77
NEW YORK - Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for a half-century, has died. She was 77.
Nations:U.S. People:Joan Baez Harry Belafonte Bob Dylan Barack Obama Bill Clinton Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement
2008-12-03
One-time MLK lieutenant gets 15 years for incest
A one-time top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for having sex more than a decade ago with his then-teenage daughter.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement Source:(AP)
2008-10-15
McCain: Lewis' remarks on campaign tone are unfair
John McCain said Monday that it was unfair for Rep. John Lewis to compare the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign to the atmosphere a segregationist fostered in the 1960s.
People:Barack Obama Sarah Palin John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 U.S. Civil Rights Movement Vietnam War Source:(AP)
2008-10-13
Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed'
The bombing of a prominent Atlanta synagogue in 1958 claimed no lives, but the community outrage that it prompted helped galvanize the city's nervous Jewish community to embrace the civil rights movement.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement Source:(AP)
2008-10-13
Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'
Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.
People:John McCain Sarah Palin Activities:U.S. Civil Rights Movement US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-10-11
| Headlines |
- American folk music legend Odetta dies at 77 2008-12-03
- One-time MLK lieutenant gets 15 years for incest 2008-10-15
- McCain: Lewis' remarks on campaign tone are unfair 2008-10-13
- Atlanta Jews remember 'bomb that healed' 2008-10-13
- Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred' 2008-10-11
- NM GOP official quits over remarks about blacks 2008-09-25
- Obama win not to supplant civil rights campaign 2008-07-29
- Sharpton defends Jackson despite Obama comments 2008-07-29
- The minister who leads Democrats to faith 2008-07-09
- Black Americans on long road to political equality 2008-06-30
- 1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84 2008-06-22
- Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue 2008-06-06
- Back in '68: war, race tensions brought blood to US streets 2008-04-14
- Civil rights icon's incest trial starts 2008-04-08
- McCain, Clinton, Obama to Pay Homage Today to King 2008-04-04
- White House contest puts race into sharp focus 2008-03-21
- Philly mayor sticking with Clinton 2008-03-10
- Civil rights leader switches to Obama 2008-02-27
- Many blacks worry about Obama's safety 2008-02-22
- Bush: Noose displays 'deeply offensive' 2008-02-12
- Historians fear MLK's legacy being lost 2008-01-21
- Popular view of King ignores complexity 2008-01-20
- At King church, Obama urges unity 2008-01-20
- Clinton tries to mend ties to blacks 2008-01-18
- Clinton takes campaign to black voters, day after race row 2008-01-14
- La. protests hark back to '50s, '60s 2007-09-20
- Hundreds join Jena 6 rally in Louisiana 2007-09-20
- Little La. town gears up for big protest 2007-09-19
- Mississippi ex-Klansman on trial for race murders 2007-06-04
- U.S. history enjoys a renaissance 2007-05-30
- Famed Vietnam War reporter Halberstam dies 2007-04-23
- Clinton courts blacks, assails Bush 2007-04-21
- 'Dukes of Hazzard' nixed in Cincinnati 2007-03-20
- Obama, Clinton converge on civil rights shrine 2007-03-04
- In Selma, Obama appeals to black voters 2007-03-04
- End of Till case draws mixed response 2007-03-04
- FBI reviews 100 civil rights-era cold case murders 2007-02-27
- No indictment in '55 Emmett Till slaying 2007-02-27
- Black youth divided over view of U.S.: report 2007-02-01
- Survey details the lives of black youth 2007-02-01
- Parties mocking blacks spark outrage 2007-01-31
- Moderates: Dems should talk about religion 2006-07-23
- House may renew landmark Voting Rights Act 2006-07-12
- Southern Republicans balk at renewing landmark Civil Rights bill 2006-06-27
- King family to auction civil rights leader's papers 2006-06-22
- Miss. Gov. Denies Pardon for Black Veteran 2006-05-04
- Kennedy sees immigration compromise 2006-04-10
- Civil Rights Pioneer Delivers Last Sermom 2006-03-19
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