WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.
STAMPING GROUND, Ky. (AP) — Instead of allowing them to fade into obscurity, Shirl Marks is recording African-American stories, which she says can help people discover their family history.
The Kentucky Oral History Commission has awarded 10 grants for oral history projects across the commonwealth, and Marks is working to ensure history is recorded, in some case, before it is too late.
Dear Sticky Wicket
Was the Student Protest at the University of Mississippi against President Obama's Win indicative that racism is still a problem at the University that James Meredith integrated over 50 years ago?
~Integration In The South
Dear Integration,
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Dec. 11 in Oxford on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District.
In May, the school district filed a proposal with the federal court to desegregate the East Side High School and D.M. Smith Middle School.
The school system wanted to introduce magnet programs at both schools to help attract white students from Cleveland High School and Margaret Green Jr. High School.
