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Michelle Obama urges NC A&T grads to seek change
May 13, 2012 12:56 AM
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - First Lady Michelle Obama says the example of the four North Carolina A&T State University students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation more than 50 years ago shows what young people can do to change the world. Obama was the commencement speaker Saturday at the... more » -
Civil rights-area, Oswald photographer dies at 82
September 23, 2011 12:30 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A photojournalist who captured iconic images of the civil rights movement but who slowly turned away from the profession to become a furniture maker after photographing a fatally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald has died. Shel Hershorn's wife, Sonja, says he died Sept. 17 of pneumonia... more » -
Groups criticize Boulder's proposed underwear rules
July 20, 2010 10:24 AM
Civil rights advocates and a Muslim students' group want the Boulder City Council to reconsider proposed rules promoting decorum during council meetings. The rules, set for a vote in September, are intended to avoid the kind of incident that occurred earlier this year when a man stripped down to... more »
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