Feature Stories: Articles on Racial Profiling, Immigration Today
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March 5th, 2013
Written by Thomas J. Sheeran – Associated Press in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
OBERLIN, Ohio (AP) - Scrawls of racially offensive graffiti and, more recently, a report of someone wearing what looked like a Ku Klux Klan-type hooded robe on campus have shaken students at historically liberal Oberlin College, one of the nation's first universities to admit blacks.
A day after the school canceled classes and students marched on campus, many remained worried about their safety...
February 28th, 2013
Written by Mark Sherman - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 1 Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.
In an ominous note for supporters of the key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy both acknowledged the measure's vital role in fighting discrimination and suggested...
February 26th, 2013
Written by Jesse Washington - AP National Writer in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
For many older African-Americans, Kennedy was a president who sympathized with black struggle like no other before him.
They recall him speaking eloquently against segregation despite resistance from Southern racists in his own Democratic party. Some even feel that his support for civil rights was one reason he was killed, even though racial motives are not prominent among the many theories about...
February 25th, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys.
Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation, census forms will use the more modern labels "black" or "African-American".
The change will take effect next year when the Census Bureau distributes its annual American...
February 22nd, 2013
Written by Darlene Superville - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama argued Friday for keeping a key provision of federal voting rights law in place, saying it will become harder but not impossible to help people who believe their rights at the polls have been violated if the Supreme Court decides to strike down that part of the law.
The court has scheduled oral arguments for Wednesday on a challenge from Shelby County, Ala...
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