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Raymond L. Johnson Sr. dies at 89; lawyer, civil rights activist
Raymond L. Johnson Sr., an attorney, civil rights activist and former Tuskegee Airman, died Dec. 31 in Los Angeles of complications of pneumonia and heart failure, said his wife, Evelyn. He was 89.
Johnson, who practiced law for nearly 50 years, was a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tuskegee Airmen, Justice and Rights, Pneumonia
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Robert L. Carter dies at 94; NAACP attorney fought segregation
Robert L. Carter, who as an NAACP civil rights attorney was an architect of the legal strategy used in the cases that led to Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared school segregation unconstitutional, has...Tags: Social Issues, University of South Carolina , U.S. Supreme Court, Justice and Rights, Racism
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SAG Awards: TV nominations are announced
Show TrackerNominations for the 18th annual SAG Awards were announced today at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood.... -
'The Good Wife' recap: Welcome back to the dark side
Show TrackerOn "The Good Wife," Cary finally returned to the firm and Kalinda found herself in trouble with Lemond Bishop.... -
Emmys: 'Pee-wee Herman,' Laurence Fishburne in 'Thurgood' among nominees
Culture MonsterEmmys: Nominations for 'Pee-Wee Herman,' Laurence Fishburne in 'Thurgood'... -
Sarah Morrison and Andy Lepe
For Sarah Morrison and Andy Lepe, the question isn’t how did they find each other — it’s what took them so long?
The perfectly matched pair were born the same year in the same hospital, went to the same preschool and intermediate...Tags: Weddings, Marriage, MySpace, Human Interest
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Tim Rutten: 'Geronimo' Pratt and Johnnie Cochran
Los Angeles is a city that lives in the present and looks to the future. Time passes here in a blur, and there's usually little appetite for weaving together the strands of memory into the stories we call history — and few hungry to hear them when...Tags: Crimes, FBI, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Human Interest, Judges
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TV THIS WEEK: Feb. 20 - 26
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 20 - 26 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Feb. 20 - 26 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
It Speaks to Me: Kristen Morgin on Thurgood Marshall wax figure at Oran Z’s Pan African Black Facts & Wax Museum
Culture MonsterThis is one of the first things I was able to focus my eyes on when I visited the museum, which looks like a garage crammed with someone’s collection. You’re bombarded with so much stuff: wax figures of Frederick Douglass...... -
Wednesday's Highlights: 'Great Performances' on KOCE
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 27 - March 5 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Feb. 27 - March 5 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can...... -
'Thurgood,' starring Laurence Fishburne, coming to HBO in February
Culture MonsterThe one-man play "Thurgood," starring Laurence Fishburne, has seen productions on Broadway, the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center in Washington. In February, the play will be coming to television screens thanks to HBO, in honor of....... -
Port Chicago, site of a World War II home front tragedy, is a classroom today
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe bombs erupted along Pier No. 1, thousands of them, about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. And 66 years later, you can still spot a few twisted hunks of metal near water's edge, an American flag snapping in the wind overhead. This is Port...Tags: Civil Unrest, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Military, National Parks, George Miller III
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