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John Lewis, Invoking George Wallace, Says McCain and Palin 'Playing With Fire' »
Posted by: Neophile 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Politics
"What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history," Lewis said in a statement issued today for Politico's ...
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Robert Byrd and the KKK »
Posted by: Ratskii 3 months, 4 weeks ago in News
With the help of fiddle-playing skills that became his political trademark for decades, Byrd won election to the state legislature, where he served in both ...
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Gypsy kids herded into Czech schools for disabled - International Herald Tribune »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Family
PRAGUE, Czech Republic : Roma children face severe discrimination in the Czech Republic and are still being segregated into schools for those with mental disabilities, a ...
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Growing Up Segregated »
Posted by: TimALoftis 4 months, 1 week ago in News
In 1989, Carl Bernstein published a memoir about growing up in a segregated, McCarthy-era Washington, titled Loyalties: A Son’s Memoir. Part of the book ...
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Religious groups practicing self-segregation - by Bruno Somerset - Helium »
Posted by: pacodecabra 14 hours, 26 minutes ago in Religion
Religious groups have always attempted to segregate themselves from what they see as the corrupting influences of secular society. Far more interesting is the self-segregation ...
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Vernon Baker Honored: Only Living Black Awarded WWII Medal of Honor »
Posted by: Disembedded 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Wofford College, a classical Southern private college, will honor Joseph Vernon Baker, the only living African-American recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor during ...
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The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time - Nerve.com »
Posted by: scofflaw99 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The 50 most amazing blog posts I've ever read! The Delta stewardess stripper, Mark Foley's emails, Rosie O'Donnell's daughter covered in ...
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Strategies Differ At Two Islamic Schools In England »
Posted by: Jayson 4 months ago in News
The British government is funding a number of Islamic schools, where children are segregated by gender and receive Islamic teaching. Proponents say it's an ...
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Vernon Baker Honored: African-American WWII Hero »
Posted by: Disembedded 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
On September 11th, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, Wofford College, a small liberal arts college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, paid ...
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Jim Crow »
Posted by: jaylar 1 month ago in Politics
In many educational institutions, African History is given
it's own Jim Crow Department. There is History, then, the
tassel of African History.
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The Changing of America: Let's Thank the Class of 1967 »
Posted by: tallbranch 1 month ago in Style
They came from many places to share their ventures, adventures and misadventures. They are doctors, lawyers, accountants, ministers, teachers and folks that represent a wide ...
