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• Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer: Great Courage

  
  Change the Wind — Authority: 429
  On August 6, 1964, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party was formed as an alternative to the segregated Mississippi Democratic Party. Organized in conjunction with the Freedom Summer voter registration drives of SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and COFO (the Council of Federated ...
  1 week ago

• Sen. Arlen Specter: Health care reform passage pulling biscupids

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  n a conference call with Pennsylvania reporters Saturday, Specter compared the passage of the health care bill to the Civil Rights Act. He said tough legislative achievements take considerable time. "The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was necessary, although it did not go as far as people would have liked then, to get the ...
  1 week ago

• Central Valley taxpayers shell out

  
  Overlawyered — Authority: 644
  Civil rights suits are causing a stir in California local government: “The downsides weigh heavily in landmark lawsuits against Modesto and Stanislaus County, which have cost taxpayers $8.3 million and counting, and have not produced more minority office holders or new sidewalks or better storm drains.” [ Modesto ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hard data about politicization of the DOJ under Bush

  
  Voting Matters Blog — Authority: 103
  There was  no  mention of the GOP’s favorite boogeymen, ACORN and the Black Panthers in a recently released report on the Bush Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.  Instead, the report focused on the Bush administration’s disinclination to actively pursue the recommendations of career DOJ  attorneys.  Take a ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Slow Road Back To Civil Rights Enforcement

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 143
  The New York Times ‘ Charlie Savage got his hands on a new Government Accountability Office report that finds the Bush administration had a “significant drop in the enforcement of several major anti-discrimination and voting rights laws” compared to the Clinton administration. There has long been anecdotal ...
  3 weeks ago

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