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US civil rights group NAACP challenges Louisiana voter purge after Hurricane Katrina E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007
The NAACP filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.  Read more at International Herald Tribune
 
Documents Show FBI Spied on King's Widow E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007
Coretta Scott King Federal agents spied on the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the footsteps of the slain civil rights icon.  Read more at ABCNews.com
 
Lawyer troubled by how police got confession in editor's slaying E-mail
Friday, 31 August 2007
The way Oakland police used Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV to extract a confession from a newspaper editor's accused killer "doesn't smell right," Bey's attorney said Thursday. Read more at SFGate.com
 
A Return to New Orleans E-mail
Wednesday, 29 August 2007

On the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, ColorLines presents a new video documenting the right to return for Black residents of New Orleans. Read more at Colorlines.org

 
Martin Luther King Jr. monument planners criticized for selecting Chinese sculptor for job E-mail
Sunday, 26 August 2007
The selection of a Chinese sculptor to carve a three-story monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall is creating a split over what part of the civil rights martyr's legacy should be celebrated. Read more at Internation Herald Tribune
 
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