Civil Rights
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Texas Deported Teen
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, Jakadrien Turner, 15, arrives at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Grapevine, Texas. Johnisa Turner, the mother of Janine Turner, the Texas runaway who was shipped to South America by immigration authorities after she provided a false name, filed a civil rights suit Tuesday, May 22, 2012 against top federal officials, claiming her daughter was illegally deported. (AP Photo/Mike Fuentes, File)
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NAACP criticizes state spending priorities
The NAACP and other groups complain that state lawmakers are ignoring the needs of large segments of North Carolina's population.
don't want president wanted to -- the NAACP. And a 140 plus civil rights progressive community based organization. We are here representing a broad what team -- anti discrimination. Anti racist America Providence ultimately -- agendaafternoon my name's mark doors and I'm managing attorney UNC center for civil rights . I want -- talk a little bit about education. In routers support and education in 1954 the Supreme Court recognized that racial
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NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right
The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."
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Wilmington 10 seek pardons from Perdue
Ten North Carolina youths sent to prison in the 1970s, who became known as the Wilmington 10, are seeking pardons of innocence from Gov. Bev Perdue before she leaves office this year.
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NATO Summit Chicago Stakes
This May 10, 2012 photo shows Timuel Black, 93, a veteran civil rights activist and history professor on Chicago's South Side, during an interview in Chicago. Black says the upcoming NATO summit the city hosts May 20-21, 2011, might be a boon for Chicagoâs downtown and for businesses and residents who already are successful. But he doubts it will do anything for the most impoverished neighborhoods that have only become poorer and more violent as jobs disappeared and the gap between rich and poor widened. (AP Photo/Tammy Webber)
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Voter fraud hard to prove; fears spark legislation
A comparison of people who have been excused from jury duty because they were listed as "non-citizens" to names to the voter rolls seems to prove that non-U.S. citizens vote in our elections. But it's not quite that simple.
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Michelle Obama's speech at NC A&T graduation
Transcript of First lady Michelle Obama's remarks at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University on Saturday, May 12, 2012.
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APTOPIX Arizona Sheriff Civil Rights
United States Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, left, who heads up the civil rights division at the Department of Justice, is joined by Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights , Roy Austin, as Perez announces a federal civil lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio during a news conference Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Phoenix. The move came after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that his department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona Sheriff Civil Rights
With one of his attorney's, Joseph Popolizio listening, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, answers questions regarding the Department of Justice announcing a federal civil lawsuit against Sheriff Arpaio and his department, during a news conference Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Phoenix. According to the Department of Justice, after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that the sheriff's department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols, the lawsuit was filed. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Arizona Sheriff Civil Rights
A defiant Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, pounds his fist on the podium as he answers questions regarding the Department of Justice announcing a federal civil lawsuit against Sheriff Arpaio and his department, during a news conference Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Phoenix. According to the Department of Justice, after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that the sheriff's department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols, the lawsuit was filed.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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