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Turning 100, NAACP fights to keep struggle alive

The bookends of the NAACP's century testify to the change it has wrought. More »

Groundbreaking civil rights book republished

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Ku Klux Klan was rising again, segregation was the law and Martin Luther King Jr. was not even born yet. More »

Burris 'welcomes' probes into Blagojevich contacts

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - An increasingly embattled U.S. Sen. Roland Burris said he "welcomes" the chance for authorities and elected officials to look into how he landed a coveted Senate appointment from ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. More »