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Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 77 The singer, whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 77. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Alex Rivera, Photojournalist of Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 95 Mr. Rivera spent his career covering the civil rights movement and working at North Carolina Central University. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Odetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history ... - Los Angeles Times BBC NewsOdetta Holmes dies at 77; folk singer championed black history ...Los Angeles Times - 8 hours agoOdetta, who used just her given name professionally, had trained as a classical vocalist as a child and later discovered folk music, which she said “really Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Helms never changed on civil rights opposition - The Associated Press ABC NewsHelms never changed on civil rights oppositionThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoRALEIGH, NC (AP) - Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself.Video: A L Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Al Meyerhoff, Legal Voice for the Poor, Dies at 61 Mr. Meyerhoff was a leading labor, environmental and civil rights lawyer who brought a landmark case to stop sweatshop conditions for 30,000 workers on the Pacific island of Saipan. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Civil rights groups: FCC should allow network management The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should allow broadband providers to manage their networks and slow "bandwidth hogs," despite concerns that such practices arbitrarily target some customers, said a coalition of seven civil rights groups. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
(AP) AP - Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement. The former senator did it without ever changing much about himself. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Lesbian activist who fought for marriage rights dies - CNN Los Angeles TimesLesbian activist who fought for marriage rights diesCNN - 1 hour agoSAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco.Lesbian rights pi Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Lawyer: Britney Spears's Civil Rights Violated - People Magazine KIDKLawyer: Britney Spears's Civil Rights ViolatedPeople Magazine - 5 hours agoBy Howard Breuer and Bryan Alexander The man who claims to be Britney Spears's new lawyer says that the pop star is being "deprived of her Constitutional rights" and tells PEOPLE he is seeki Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Nobel Prize Winning Writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies - Voice of America Telegraph.co.ukNobel Prize Winning Writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn DiesVoice of America - 37 minutes agoBy VOA News Nobel prize winning Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was forced into exile for writings strongly critical of the Soviet government, has died. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Democrats clash over civil rights Race and civil rights issues fuel the latest row between US Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Democrats clash over civil rights Race and civil rights issues fuel the latest row between US Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Rights Report: Democracies Not Holding Authoritarian Offenders ... - Voice of America NDTV.comRights Report: Democracies Not Holding Authoritarian Offenders ...Voice of America - 3 hours agoBy Michael Bowman A US-based human rights group says despots around the world are attempting to pass themselves off as democrats, and in far too many cases ar Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Civil rights icon's incest trial starts
(AP) AP - A daughter of a civil rights icon who served as a top lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. testified Monday that her father regularly molested her beginning when she was 6 years old. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Civil liberties groups challenge Data Retention Directive in ECJ 'Illegal on human rights grounds' European civil liberties groups have lodged an objection to the EU's Data Retention Directive with the European Court of Justice, claiming that the Directive breaches a fundamental right to privacy guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Zimbabwe Ruling Party Militants Control Rural Movement With Roadblocks - Voice of America Turkish PressZimbabwe Ruling Party Militants Control Rural Movement With RoadblocksVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy Jonga Kandemiiri Sources in a number of locations in Zimbabwe said paramilitary forces closely tied to the ruling ZANU-PF party and liberation war veterans Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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FBI's civil rights initiative: no trials yet
(AP) AP - Flanked by officials from the NAACP and the Southern Poverty Law Center, FBI Director Robert Mueller last year announced with considerable fanfare a new partnership between his agency and civil rights organizations. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Human Rights Watch Says Harare Pursuing Political Terror Campaign - Voice of America TVNZHuman Rights Watch Says Harare Pursuing Political Terror CampaignVoice of America - 1 hour agoBy Blessing Zulu Human Rights Watch warned Monday that the political violence it says the Zimbabwe government has launched against its opposition has “extinguished any ch Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Kenya's Opposition ODM to Propose Power-Sharing Government - Voice of America Voice of AmericaKenya's Opposition ODM to Propose Power-Sharing GovernmentVoice of America - 29 minutes agoBy James Butty In Kenya, both the opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and embattled President Mwai Kibaki’s Party of National Unity (PNU) are sched Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pope Says World Must Intervene If Nations Do Not Protect Human Rights - Voice of America Vancouver SunPope Says World Must Intervene If Nations Do Not Protect Human RightsVoice of America - 4 hours agoPope Benedict this week made his first visit to the United States since being elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church three years ago.Video: Some Pi Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |