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Published Nov 20 2009 by The Moderate Voice

Republican House Member Misrepresents History On Civil Rights Legislation

Republican House member (from North Carolina) Virginia Foxx, it is pretty safe to say, has never met a fact she could not challenge. This morning, Rep. Foxx launched an attack on what she calls “revisionist history” about which political party should get the credit for...

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John Kaplan

Charles Moore, photojournalist who covered civil rights era, dies at 79

Montgomery, Ala., 1958: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is sprawled across the booking desk at a police station as his stunned wife, Coretta, looks on. He was arrested for loitering at the Montgomery Courthouse and released when his identity became known ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Los Angeles Times]

Entities: Charles Moore, Civil Rights, John Kaplan

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Henry Rollins

Vanity Fair Fears ‘Texas Witch Trials’ Will Erase the Civil Rights Movement from History Books

In a textbook case of liberal-hysteria, Henry Rollins and Vanity Fair fear the Texas Board of Education will wipe Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Charles Darwin, the Civil Rights movement, and even the outcome of the Civil War from the pages ... [Published 15 hours ago by NewsBusters.org blogs]

Entities: Henry Rollins, Witchcraft, Civil Rights

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Passing on of information infringes civil rights

Dear Editor,I read with interest your recent front-page story reporting that the Garda Vetting Liaison Office in Manorhamilton is to maintain a national database of professional registers of HSE staff (Irish Medical Times, March 5, 2010).As a HSE employee, ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Irish Medical Times]

Entities: Civil Rights, Infringement, Data Protection, Criminal

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents

Barack Obama

Dennis Kucinich- Health Care as a Civil Right

Each generation has had to take up the question of how to provide for the health of the people of our nation. And each generation has grappled with difficult questions of how to meet the needs of our people. I believe health care is a civil right. Each ... [Published 4 hours ago by Axis of Logic]

Entities: Health Care, Civil Rights, Social Work, Barack Obama, Crohn's disease

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 Documents

Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

Jewish Groups Seek Protection for Jewish Students

The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish organizations have written to Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, urging him to assure that the Office for Civil Rights protects Jewish students from harassment or intimidation based on their ethnicity ... [Published 21 hours ago by Inside Higher Ed]

Entities: Harassment, Civil Rights, Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Arne Duncan

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Washington College of Law

Panel on Pregnant Police Officers' Rights to be Held in Washington

American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C., will hold a conference on pregnancy and policing Mar. 18. The panel will debate whether police departments must accommodate pregnant police officers under civil rights statutes and will ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Police Magazine]

Entities: Pregnancy, Washington College of Law, Civil Rights

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents

Defend Affirmative Action Party's ASUC Candidates Advocate Civil Rights, Equality

Maria Belman, Talya Hezi and Jonathon Brooks (left to right) will run for external affairs vice president, president and student advocate, respectively. Damien Anderson (not pictured) will run for academic affairs vice president.Contributing WriterCategory: ... [Published 13 hours ago by Daily Californian]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Damien Anderson, Civil Rights, Advocate

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Buce: Short Memories: Republicans and Civil Rights [J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Nov 26 2009] Underbelly: Short Memories: Republicans and Civil Rights: Short Memories: Republicans and Civil Rights There's a curious case of memory loss that seems to be ...
Virginia Foxx Passed Civil Rights All By Hersel... [Wonkette - Nov 19 2009] Unfortunate Rep. Virginia Foxx, who throws words like “tarbaby” around in casual discourse, for some reason said this about the Democrats today: “Just as we were ...
On Civil Rights, Virginia Foxx Revises History ... [The Moderate Voice - Nov 20 2009] Is Rep. Virginia Foxx crazy? I don’t know, but she certainly says some crazy things. Consider a couple of things she said yesterday: – “Actually, the GOP has been ...
Foxx: Republicans ‘Passed Civil Rights Bills Ba... [Think Progress - Nov 19 2009] During a debate on the House floor today over designating 21 miles of the Molalla River as “wild and scenic,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who opposes the legislation, ...
Virginia Foxx Makes An Elephant Of Herself [Daily Kos - Nov 20 2009] I would have said Foxx (R-NC) made an ass of herself, but we won't malign that noble beast here. Watch it: FOXX: ... and actually the GOP has been the leader ...

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Sen. Robert Byrd on the 1964 Civil Rights laws [CSPAN - YouTube - Nov 17 2009]
'This is a defining moment' [CNN.com - Video - Nov 21 2009]
'This is a defining moment' [CNN International - YouTube - Nov 21 2009]
Terror suspects in U.S. courts? [CNN.com - Video - Nov 15 2009]
Terror suspects in U.S. courts? [CNN International - YouTube - Nov 15 2009]

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