| April 4, 1968: Remembering the Murder of Our King | |
| By The Editors · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Leaders |
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Forty-one years ago this weekend, America was changed forever when the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. TheDefendersOnline... Read more » |
| Welfare for All | |
| By The Editors · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Welfare and Social Security |
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Editorial The Bay State Banner Boston, Massachusetts March 26, 2009 Related Links Welfare for all (Bay Street Banner,original print) When the United States... Read more » |
| Balancing Race and Gender: LDF Women Pioneers | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:57 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Leaders, Women's Rights |
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By Stacey Patton Much of the history of the Civil Rights Movement has focused heavily on the stories of great men like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood... Read more » |
| Former NAACP LDF President and Director-Counsel receives NY State Bar Association Award | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 28, 2009 at 6:52 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Human Rights Education, Human Rights Law, Human Rights Leaders, Human Rights Policy |
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By Lee A. Daniels The honors cascade upon Elaine R. Jones, woman of extraordinary accomplishment, like an avalanche schussing down a high mountain slope. But, albeit... Read more » |
| Honoring human rights icon Carlotta Walls LaNier | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 7:55 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Leaders, Racial Equality |
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By D. Carene Bull Some might wonder what I, a white law student, was doing eating a free lunch of collard greens, fried chicken and macaroni-and-cheese at an event... Read more » |
| Kemba Smith talks about her 24.5 year sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 7:34 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Fair Trials, Racial Equality |
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As most Americans, I believed in the motto, liberty and justice for all, until at the age of 23 in April 1995, I stood in a court room with Lady Justice watching... Read more » |
| Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk About Rearing Biracial Children | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 23, 2009 at 6:53 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Children's Rights, Racial Equality |
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By Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd The successful candidacy of Barack Obama, an African American of mixed ancestry, has provoked an explosion of interest in and... Read more » |
| Rights Groups Defend Voting Rights Act Before Supreme Court | |
| By The Editors · Posted on March 19, 2009 at 3:54 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Elections and Voting |
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Yesterday the NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a brief, along with several other public-interest law firms and nonprofit foundations, in what is shaping up to be the... Read more » |
