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    Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Alabama seeks to correct past, to offer 'Scottsboro boys' pardons

    The Alabama Legislature has created a path to pardon for nine black teenagers known as the Scottsboro boys, who were falsely accused of raping two white women more than eight decades ago in one of the more infamous episodes in the racist South.
    The Alabama Legislature has created a path to pardon for nine black teenagers known as the Scottsboro boys, who were falsely accused of raping two white women more than eight decades ago in one of the more infamous episodes in the racist South. On...

    Tags: Trials, Prisons, Government, Career and Workplace, Robert J. Bentley

    2. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Alabama Legislature OKs abortion limits; Kansas clinic reopens

    Alabama this week moved to tighten the regulation of clinics and of medical personnel who perform abortions, the latest step in what abortion rights advocates argue is a campaign to use the regulatory power of government to limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
    Alabama this week moved to tighten the regulation of clinics and of medical personnel who perform abortions, the latest step in what abortion rights advocates argue is a campaign to use the regulatory power of government to limit a woman’s right...
    3. Aug 18, 2012 |Story| AM News

  3. Early Danville resident shaped national history

    A new book, “Apostles of Equality: The Birneys, the Republicans and the Civil War,” traces the abolitionism of one the leading early antislavery politicians, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), a Danville native, to the spirit of freedom inherent in his Irish heritage. After years of indecision, Birney became an advocate of immediate emancipation and chipped away at slavery with religious and patriotic fervor.
    A new book, “Apostles of Equality: The Birneys, the Republicans and the Civil War,” traces the abolitionism of one the leading early antislavery politicians, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), a Danville native, to the spirit of freedom...

    Tags: Slavery, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, Wars and Interventions

    4. Oct 23, 2011 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  4. Alabama law demonstrates that plans must be set in place

    The problems resulting from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law, thought to be the toughest in the nation, might finally be the tangible evidence needed to start the action — not just discussion — for meaningful, commonsense and fair...

    Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, National or Ethnic Minorities, Agricultural Research and Technology

    5. Jan 12, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Charles Morgan Jr. dies at 78; lawyer challenged racism in the South

    Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights lawyer who challenged the racism of his native South and won numerous landmark cases for equal rights before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Thursday at his home in Destin, Fla. He was 78 and had Alzheimer's disease.
    Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights lawyer who challenged the racism of his native South and won numerous landmark cases for equal rights before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Thursday at his home in Destin, Fla. He was 78 and had Alzheimer's disease. In...

    Tags: Racism, Civil Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Richard Nixon, Legal Services

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