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• New president brings sense of urgency to Morehouse
• Jeannie Graetz Literacy Program
• Inscription On Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial To Be Removed
• King's Forgotten Manifesto
• Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
• A Plot of Land, a Path to Freedom
• Tourism tax, like all taxes, should have a sunset
• Alabama Voices: Cemeteries help keep history alive
• Tuscaloosa City Council agenda
• Operation New Birmingham pushing tax credits to boost revitalization
• Local student encourages others to visit Houston Memorial Library
• Historical training provided in Montevallo Feb. 24
• Commission moves on new water source
• John Smith column 2/18/12: Program about Freedom Riders stirs emotions
• Eufaula UDC chapter hosts first district meeting
• The Vietnam War on Record
• Alternate routes submitted to Feds
• Grayson tapped for problem solving summit
• Officials Lead National African-American History and Culture Museum Groundbreaking
• Taking On the Stereotypes: Asian American Basketball Player Excels on the Court
• U.S. Higher Education Institutions Partner with African Universities
• A Scholar's Grief: Bereft – Whitney Elizabeth Houston, Shared Loss, and Full Circles
• Federal Judge Orders Trial in Civil Rights Suit by Haitian-American Student Accusing Adelphi University of Discrimination
• Brown U. student uncovers lost Malcolm X speech
• ACLU Questions FAMU's Ban on Student Groups
• Small Washington College Aims To Teach Civil Rights
• Why Ethnic Studies Courses Are Good for White Kids Too
• Why Do Working Class People Vote Against Their Economic Interests?
• Birmingham says farewell to Fred Shuttlesworth
• College Board: Despite Higher Tuitions, Young Adults Increasingly Attending College
• Commentary: Falling Through the Cracks
• Dillard University Gets $25M from National Institutes of Health
• NCAA Graduation Rate Hits All-Time High at 82 Percent
• Thousands Gather at National Mall to Dedicate Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
• Commentary: We Have a Monument – But What Else?
• Fred Shuttlesworth – Photos from The Birmingham News
• Alabama State University civil rights center to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
• Amidst Soaring Poverty, New MLK Monument Should Be Seen as "Testament to [His] Unfinished Work"
• Historian Wayne Flynt on HB56: 'The meanest, most hateful thing I've ever read'
• Alabama Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse / Jackson, Highway 231,Wetumpka, AL, November 2-6, 2011
• Montgomery associates of Martin Luther King recall the man, share reactions on the monument
• Commentary: The Research-Practice Gap – Diversity Predicts Performance
• UC-Berkeley Republicans Hold 'Diversity Bake Sale'
• Leaders Sound Alarm for High School Class of 2012
• Historically Black University Works with Maryland's Seafood Industry Watermen
• Congressional Black Caucus Forum Highlights Achievement Gap Strategies
• Former Professor Pleads Not Guilty in Alabama Shooting
• Bowie State Holds Memorial Service for Slain Student
• Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Opens in Washington
• University of Tennessee Martin's First Black Student Remembers Challenges
• On The Mercy Seat: Troy Anthony Davis and American Capital Punishment
• Leading Black Artists Featured at Corcoran Gallery
• New House Bill Cuts Funds for HBCUs, Others
• Women of Color in STEM Fields
• Panelists Agree Compelling Evidence Needed To Make Case for Incarcerated Individuals To Regain Eligibility for Pell Grant
• Philosophy Professor Still Teaching after More than 60 Years at Texas Southern
• The Varied State of Race Relations on College Campuses and Among Generation Y
• Justice Breyer Honors Federal Judge Responsible for Helping Desegregate Virginia Schools
• Fulbright Lessons From Around the World
• White House Black College Leader Urges Development of HBCU Online Programs
• VCU Launches Project on Massive Resistance
• Blacks less likely to get research grants, study finds
• Robert Bentley tells Alabama's Black Caucus he's working for 'the invisible people'
• Fred Shuttlesworth, Birmingham civil rights legend, dies at 89
• Students' Knowledge of Civil Rights History Has Deteriorated, Study Finds
• Preserving Historical Neighborhoods in Birmingham
• Up From the Ashes, a Symbol That Hate Does Not Win
• Students at India's Osmania University Learn About Common Ties to Black History That Bridge Cross-Cultural Understanding
• MLK Memorial dedication week honors lifelong crusade
• Making the Work of Black Scientists Accessible to the Public
• A Population Changes, Uneasily
• Harvard Training College Teachers on Black History
• Redemption in Birmingham
• Honor for black lawmakers unveiled at capitol
• FAMU and Tennessee State Join HBCUsOnline Roster
• Fisk 'Family Feud' Enters Its Next Chapter
• Critics Question Effectiveness of U.S. Civil Rights Commission
• Gov. Haley Barbour Apologizes to Activists Arrested in Mississippi
• Scholar Khalil Gibran Muhammad to Take Reins at Schomburg Center
• Taking Action to Abandon Offensive American Indian Mascots Often Mired in Controversy
• Town Hall Meeting: Shortage of Black Male Teachers Looms as Many Choose High-Paying Professions
• Octavia Geans Vivian, 83: A tower of the civil rights movement
• Sixty Years Later, Black Educator Gets Recognition at University of Arkansas Graduation
• Anniston and the burning bus: We are obligated to confront our past, no matter how ugly it may be
• Fifty Years Later, Students Retrace 1961 Freedom Ride
• John Lewis recounts Freedom Rides, 50 years later
• Historically Black Schools Turning to Capital Campaigns
• Museum Dedicated to Civil Rights Leader and Educator Benjamin Mays Opens
• Alabama State University Conference Focuses on Globalization
• Southern Poverty Law Center Marks 40th Anniversary of Civil Rights Agenda
• Talented Gymnast Reaches Pinnacle of Academic Achievement, Athletic Success
• Howard, Yale Debaters Meet in Third Annual Great Debate
• Obama Administration Releases Latino Education Report
• Juggling Pro Baseball and College Football, Scholar-Athlete Excels in Classroom
• Oklahoma Gaming Proving Profitable for Tribal Higher Education
• 50th Anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides
• The Tuskegee Airmen: An Illustrated History: 1939-1949
• Talladega College's Amistad Murals to Go on Nationwide Tour
• Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born
• Alabama Voices: ASU site will best tell story
• John Cashin Jr. Dies at 82; Campaigned for Civil Rights
• NAACP, Newt Gingrich Urge Prison Reform
• Hampton President William Harvey Responds to WSJ Article on HBCUs
• Oklahoma's GOP Lawmakers Push to Abolish Affirmative Action
• FAMU Board Approves President's Restructuring Plan
• Freedom Rides: The Documentary and Students Retrace the Historic Route
• Dr. D.M. French Dies at 86; Treated '60s Marchers
• Upcoming Events for the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanitie
• Criminal Justice Think Tank Exits Medgar Evers Campus
• No ordinary Sunday: Ebenezer celebrates 125 years
• Atlanta council honors former SNCC members
• FAMU Restructuring Plan Would Shut Down Numerous Programs
• HBCU Sexual Assault Study Released
• Early release hearing set in Civil Rights death case
• Women From Historic Student Civil Rights Group Tell Their Story
• Many U.S. Blacks Moving to South, Reversing Trend
• New NAACP Seeing Diverse Chapter Leaders
• CIA Chief Leon Panetta Talks Diversity at Morehouse College
• Miss. museum hosts Freedom Riders exhibit
• U.S. Hispanic growth outstrips census estimates: study
• UMKC Professor Pearlie Johnson Uses Quilts to Teach Black History
• Singer/actor LaTour, 84, dies in Los Angeles
• Restoring a part of history
• Can Universities Keep the Minority Students They Woo?
• The Future of Higher Education: Non-Profit or For-Profit?
• Islam’s Connection to Black America, U.S. Slavery Explored in Mississippi Conferences
• Feds: Huntsville school board needs to work on racial inequities
• Campus Racial Flaps Dog Alabama Despite Progress
• North Dakota House Panel Says University Must Keep Fighting Sioux Name
• Black History is American History
• Barbour won't denounce Confederate license plates
• Civil rights museum gets boost
• Slaves Hid African Charms in Maryland Greenhouse
• The 'Two or More Races' Dilemma
• TV Series Tries to Revive Civil Rights Cold Cases
• Iraqi Defector 'Curveball' Says He Lied About WMD
• Budget Cuts Threaten a Hidden Treasure in Watts
• Conservative Democrats switch to GOP across the Deep South
• A Proud Heritage
• Small-town paper links ex-Klansman to 1964 killing
• Duncan calls on black men to become teachers
• Colorado Firm Wins $74,000 Contract To Study UNO/SUNO Merger
• High-Profile Black Political Scientist to Lead New Center on Race, Gender and Politics in the South
• Dr. Smith’s Back Room
• Scholar Deciphers Census Data, Political Climate After Reapportionment
• An Assassination’s Long Shadow
• Martin Luther King and Robert Graetz
• Mississippi Governor: Time To Build Civil Rights Museum
• Black segregation in US drops to lowest in century
• Centennial Hill plans 'a great start'
• Grant to help Hobson City organize city papers
• Ten HBCUs Get Accreditation Reaffirmed, Two Placed on Warning Status
• NAACP: NC county is example of US school problem
• NAFEO, AT&T Launch Effort To Help Students With Disabilities Attend HBCUs, PBIs
• Mississippi Still Lacks Civil Rights Museum
• UVa Preserves Civil Rights-era News Films
• Moved by the Spirit: Celebrating 'Revelations' at 50
• Moses' Last Exodus
• Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons
• ASU to build new stadium; downtown presence
• Ala. ex-trooper pleads in civil rights-era slaying
• A 'rookie' looks back on a full life
• Fisk University in New Bid to Gain Approval to Sell Art
• Harlem getting its first major hotel since 1967
• Minorities Ride GOP Wave to Groundbreaking Wins
• Conveying the Black College Experience into Distance Learning
• Battle sites in civil rights fight
• Integration was supposed to level the playing field in public schools. Fifty years later, is new de facto resegregation so bad?
• The remarkable behind-the-scenes story of King's 1968 funeral. An oral history by Rebecca Burns.
• Schomburg Center in Harlem Acquires Maya Angelou Archive
• NPR chief apologizes for handling of Williams firing
• John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park Opens in Tulsa, Okla.
• Writer Tends Land Where Ancestors Were Slaves
• Revisionist Fourth-Grade History: ‘Thousands’ of Black Confederate Soldiers
• Education of a President
• Professor examines black voting rights
• New bill would compensate black farmers for discrimination
• Muslims Report Rising Discrimination at Work
• A Home Filled With Mementos From the Civil Rights Movement
• For Blacks, Progress in Happiness
• Near destruction of Parks, King photos fuels archive effort
• French Senate passes ban on full Muslim veils
• Well known Montgomery judge and civil rights leader passes away
• An Appreciation: Political Scientist Ronald Walters, 1938 – 2010
• DEA seeks Ebonics experts to help with cases
• NY Rep. Rangel knocks Obama for 'dignity' remark
• Researching African-American History in Indiana
• National Urban League Convention Considers College Success, K-12 Education Reform
• Judge Blocks Disputed Parts of Immigration Law in Arizona
• YMCA lawsuit's 40th anniversary: Dees, historic case changed Montgomery forever
• NAACP resolution condemns racism in tea party
• Michelle Obama speaks at the 101st NAACP Convention
• Art Review:  Country Divided in Black and White
• Report: Harvard scholar's arrest at home avoidable
• Forging a Festival for Black Playwrights
• Bill Hudson, a Photojournalist During the Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77
• CAPITAL CULTURE: Slaves who built Capitol honored
• Art exhibit at ASU captures black history, culture
• Rare photo of slave children found in NC attic
• Georgia Escape: Famous men leave imprints on Augusta
• Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries
• Alabama Voters Reject Coalition Bid
• UWA professor uncovers historic racial struggles
• Annette John-Hall: Phila. man, '60s activist, finally gets Ala. degree
• How Equal Was This Separate School?
• Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92
• A Separate Peace: Collier Heights
• Civil Rights Leader Is Eulogized by Obama
• Ariz. governor signs immigration enforcement bill
• Op-Ed Contributor:  Ending the Slavery Blame-Game
• Embattled Civil Rights Group Struggles to Survive
• Op-Ed Columnist:  Welcome to Confederate History Month
• In Harlem, Reflections on the Life of Percy Sutton
• Aaron's hometown gives Hall of Fame-style honor
• Group to buy church housing Scottsboro Boys museum
• Mants an important figure in civil rights movement
• Benjamin Hooks, who boosted NAACP, dead at 85
• Son of Former Congressman Enters Race to Take Rangel's House Seat
• White House butler Eugene Allen's humility recalled at funeral
• University of Alabama to mark Wallace's 'stand'
• Tavis Smiley tackles Martin Luther King Jr.’s anti-Vietnam War speech
• Black farmers call for action on discrimination settlement
• Old Montgomery neighborhhood's heyday may not be history
• Debate rages over burials at Lincoln Cemetery
• Theodore Cross Dies at 86, a Champion of Civil Rights
• Paterson Scandal Scars a Piece of Harlem History
• Debate rages over burials at Lincoln Cemetery
• Theodore Cross Dies at 86, a Champion of Civil Rights
• Paterson Scandal Scars a Piece of Harlem History
• MLK documents: A national treasure unearthed
• Complaint cites health threats at Alabama dump taking TVA's spilled coal ash
• Explore and discover the new NAACP Interactive Timeline
• Louisiana Museum Confronts Segregation
• SCLC internal battle continues
• Black history sites immortalize fights for freedom
• Civil rights attractions draw cache of tourists to Alabama
• Civil rights leader urges crowd at Scottsboro Boys Museum opening to rededicate themselves to cause
• New Exhibition Transports Visitors To The Skies Over War-Torn World War II Europe
• Louis R. Harlan, Historian of Booker T. Washington, Dies at 87
• Civil rights icon Joseph Lowery admitted to hospital
• U.S. Will Settle Indian Lawsuit for $3.4 Billion
• Slim win for mayor shows battered black electorate
• Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
• HBO filmmakers get inside Obama campaign
• Emory to honor authors, civil rights leaders
• Bernice King elected SCLC president
• First three stops on Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail unveiled
• Pardon for black boxer jailed for interracial dating waits on Obama
• ASU builds debt, but some believe results are worth it
• Navy honors civil rights martyr Medgar Evers
• Gasps as Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize
• Room for Debate: One Family's Roots, a Nation's History
• MLK memorial tied up in red tape
• Public housing projects may get markers
• Preserving voting rights trail focus of meeting
• Historian: State has made gains in race relations
• Naomi Sims, 61, Pioneering Cover Girl, Is Dead
• In Purchase of School, Hopes of Saving a Neglected Monument
• Civil Rights museum set to pay off loan for King Papers
• Stanley Fish: Because of Race: Ricci v. DeStefano
• Obama chooses Alabama doctor as next surgeon general
• Slave memorial sought at Jefferson County park
• Court Topples Sotomayor Ruling In Firefighter Case
• Obama Picks Camp David Church
• Exhibit features African-American artifacts
• G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class
• Robert Colescott dies at 83; African American artist skewered stereotypes with wit and explosive style

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• Remembering civil rights activist Medgar Evers
• New president brings sense of urgency to Morehouse
• Jeannie Graetz Literacy Program
• Inscription On Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial To Be Removed
• King's Forgotten Manifesto
• Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
• A Plot of Land, a Path to Freedom
• Tourism tax, like all taxes, should have a sunset

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