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'Fight of the Century' - How Jack Johnson became boxing's first black heavyweight world champion

The news from Down Under reached New York on Christmas night, speeding there in just 24 minutes through the modern miracles of land and sea cables. More »

Minority wave in summer tide of Coast Guard swabs

NEW LONDON, Conn. - New recruits at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are supposed to look straight ahead, but Rasheed Breland was able to glance at his classmates long enough to realize that many besides him were minorities. More »

Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer says whites' rights ignored

PHILADELPHIA - Witnesses described an ugly scene: Two members of the New Black Panther Party threatening white voters the day Barack Obama was elected president, flinging insults like "white devil" and "you're about to be ruled by the black man, cracker." More »