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Is this the end of black?
You might think so if you'd followed certain pundits and bloggers chewing over the election of Barack Obama. Over and over, one hears that he is the harbinger of a "post-racial" America, his election signifying a nation that has grown completely beyond...Tags: David Dinkins, Basketball, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Condoleezza Rice, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Viewpoint: A new phase for black-Jewish relations
With Barack Obama's inauguration yesterday, and with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday celebrated the day before, we have reached what Alexis de Tocqueville anticipated in the 1830s - the moment when "the nations of our time cannot prevent the...Tags: John Kerry, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Stokely Carmichael, United States
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President-elect Barack Obama does not mean the end of black
Tribune Media ServicesYou might think so if you'd followed certain pundits and bloggers chewing over the election of Barack Obama. Over and over, one hears that he is the harbinger of a "postracial" America, his election signifying a nation that has grown completely beyond...Tags: David Dinkins, Basketball, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Condoleezza Rice, Martin Luther King Jr.
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It's not the end of race -- just a big step forward
Tribune Media ServicesIs this the end of black? You might think so if you'd followed certain pundits and bloggers chewing over the election of Barack Obama. Over and over, one hears that he is the harbinger of a "post-racial" America, his election signifying a nation that...Tags: David Dinkins, Basketball, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Condoleezza Rice, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Denounce and desist
Summing up, let me just say that I reject, repudiate, renounce, denounce, dismiss and utterly regret 2008. Sayonara and good riddance. Which is not intended to convey offense toward anyone of Japanese descent, nor to serve as commentary on any but the...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Georgia, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Texas, Hillary Clinton
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Israeli change: Election tone is Obama-like
The Associated PressThe star of Israel's election campaign seems to be Barack Obama. A religious party has translated "yes we can" into Hebrew. Front-runner Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's Web page looks a lot like Obama's, and a candidate for Parliament has his own version...Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Ehud Barak, Shas, Parliament, Likud
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2008: The Year of Denouncing and Repudiating
Summing up, let me just say that I reject, repudiate, renounce, denounce, dismiss and utterly regret 2008. In fact, I categorically denounce any person or statement that disparages or causes distress to any living creature on this great planet or that...Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Texas, Hillary Clinton, Folklore and Mythology, Islam
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The Rev. James L. Bevel dies at 72; civil rights activist and top lieutenant to King
The Rev. James L. Bevel, a fiery top lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a force behind civil rights campaigns of the 1960s whose erratic behavior and conviction on incest charges tarnished his legacy, has died. He was 72. Sherrilynn Bevel,...Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Baptist, Punishment, Death and Dying
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Visiting Obama's neighborhood in Chicago
Los Angeles TimesHyde Park, which is on Chicago's South Side, is a well-established, diverse neighborhood where majestic houses share the tree-lined streets with scores of brownstone apartment buildings. On a brisk autumn day, a mix of students in scruffy jeans (the...Tags: Burnham Park, Chicago Sun-Times, Newspapers, Eero Saarinen, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Catholic League slams priest, Obama
The Swampby Jim Tankersley The Catholic League - a group dedicated to protecting the free-speech rights of Catholics "whenever and wherever they are threatened" - criticized Barack Obama sharply today for his ties to a Catholic priest who stirred controversy at......Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Trinity United Church of Christ, Barack Obama, Human Rights, Hillary Clinton
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Obama's pastor (new) problem: Apology
The Swampby John D. McCormick and Manya Brachear Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Thursday was forced to again apologize for the remarks of a Chicago pastor and friend backing his candidacy who spoke from the pulpit of Obama's longtime South......Tags: Jeremiah Wright, New Hampshire, Epidemics and Plagues, Hillary Clinton, School Supplies
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Obama leaving his church
The Swampby John McCormick and Manya A. Brachear Sen. Barack Obama is leaving Trinity United Church of Christ, his longtime religious home in Chicago and a place that has triggered repeated controversies during his presidential bid. "This is not a decision......Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Epidemics and Plagues, Hillary Clinton, Internet, Trinity United Church of Christ
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