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Rumours Fed Unrest Following St Louis Police Shooting: Alderman
About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.
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March in Ferguson on Eve of First Anniversary of Brown's Death
Several hundred people commemorating the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown marched Saturday on the eve of the first anniversary of his death, which shined a spotlight on race relations in America.
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My Country is a Racist Country - Built on the Lie of Freedom and Opportunity
Endlessly contorting yourself to deny the mechanics of the world around you doesn't trick people into thinking you're not racist, says Lindy West.
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Nearing the End of White House Stay, Michelle Obama Gets More Personal and Candid On Race Issues
Stung by criticism over what she said during her husband's first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was measured in sharing her views when she entered the White House in 2009.
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Race issue haunts Obama again
With a black President, in the White House, can race issues be far behind? A new controversy for Barack Obama over the Shirley Sherrod episode brings the spotlight on the colour of Obama's officials - the question being asked: Is Barack Obama's White House too white? That's what the NYT's columnist Maureen Dowd says.This accusation has been caused ...
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President Obama and the race issue
It was exactly one year ago on Thursday that President Obama plunged into a thicket of racial politics by declaring that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University professor in his own home. Suddenly, the president whose election suggested the promise of a postracial future w...
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Rumours Fed Unrest Following St Louis Police Shooting: Alderman
About 200 people attended a vigil in St. Louis on Thursday near where a black teenager was killed by police a day earlier, sparking angry clashes between residents and officers amid rumors the victim was only 13 years old, a city alderman said.
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March in Ferguson on Eve of First Anniversary of Brown's Death
Several hundred people commemorating the police shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown marched Saturday on the eve of the first anniversary of his death, which shined a spotlight on race relations in America.
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My Country is a Racist Country - Built on the Lie of Freedom and Opportunity
Endlessly contorting yourself to deny the mechanics of the world around you doesn't trick people into thinking you're not racist, says Lindy West.
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Nearing the End of White House Stay, Michelle Obama Gets More Personal and Candid On Race Issues
Stung by criticism over what she said during her husband's first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was measured in sharing her views when she entered the White House in 2009.
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Race issue haunts Obama again
With a black President, in the White House, can race issues be far behind? A new controversy for Barack Obama over the Shirley Sherrod episode brings the spotlight on the colour of Obama's officials - the question being asked: Is Barack Obama's White House too white? That's what the NYT's columnist Maureen Dowd says.This accusation has been caused ...
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President Obama and the race issue
It was exactly one year ago on Thursday that President Obama plunged into a thicket of racial politics by declaring that a white police officer in Cambridge, Mass., had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard University professor in his own home. Suddenly, the president whose election suggested the promise of a postracial future w...
