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AG Holder in N.C.: More work needed on civil rightsRALEIGH, N.C. - The United States still suffers from racial inequality in everything from unemployment rates to the length of prison terms, Attorney General Eric Holder told a group of civil rights veterans on Saturday. More » |
Ex-mentor: Sharpton is Obama's link to the streetsNEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton is a "lightning rod" for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend said Saturday at a forum in Harlem. More » |
Longtime civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks dead at 85NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who, as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), increased the group's stature, has died. He was 85. State Rep. Ulysses Jones, a member of the church where Hooks was pastor, said Hooks died last Thursday at his home, following a long illness. More » |
Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, dies at 98WASHINGTON - Dorothy Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 98. More » |
