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PBS' 'Freedom Riders' marks civil rights milestone
Zap2It"American Experience" observes the 50th anniversary of a seismic event in the American civil rights movement in "Freedom Riders," an electrifying two-hour documentary premiering Monday, May 16, on PBS (check local listings). Based partly on historian...Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Mother's Day
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Looking ahead, and seeing the past in a mirror
We are on the 2011 Student Freedom Riders bus rolling toward Augusta, Ga., watching "The Murder of Emmett Till," a PBS documentary on the savage 1955 lynching of a black boy in the nothing town of Money, Miss. On the old newsreel footage, white person...Tags: Des Moines (Polk, Iowa), The Holocaust (1934-1945), Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, African Americans
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Letters to the Editor - May 21
Could this theory prove Obama’s citizenship? To the editor: There is still discussion about where President Obama was born. The difficulty with saying that the documentation and eyewitnesses are incorrect, or at least questionable, is that if...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Television Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Album review: Bob Dylan, 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 -- The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964'
Turn It Up3 stars (out of 4) Bob Dylan arrived in New York at the age of 19 in 1961, and the evidence presented on âThe Bootleg Series Vol. 9 -- The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964â (Columbia) suggests that he already knew the...... -
Pfleger: Become part of ‘dangerous’ church
TribLocal - ElmhurstMaking only a passing reference to a report that he might leave his south-side parish, controversial St. Sabina pastor Rev. Michael Pfleger focused not on …... -
Album review: Emmylou Harris, 'Hard Bargain'
Turn It Up2.5 stars (out of 4) At one time, Harris’ voice was like country’s angelic consciousness, a reminder of its essence as the Nashville sound became increasingly suburban-ized. Her brief early ‘70s partnership with the late Gram Parsons... -
Sheriff Dart, legislators try to halt overhaul of Burr Oak law
Clout StPosted by Ray Long and Todd Wilson at 3:46 p.m. SPRINGFIELD --- Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart today excoriated legislation that would roll back some of the reforms inspired by the Burr Oak Cemetery tragedy, where workers were accused of...... -
'Gospel According to James' at Victory Gardens: Racial violence won't stay quietly in the past
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "The Gospel According to James" ★★★ Through June 12 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $20-$50 at 773-871-3000 and victorygardens.org. With Andre... -
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"Simeon's Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till" by Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd
Special to the Tribune"Simeon’s Story: An Eyewitness Account of the Kidnapping of Emmett Till" By Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd Lawrence Hill Books, 144 pages, $19.95 In the summer of 1955, when Simeon Wright was 12, nothing excited him more than the coming arrival...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Litigation, Justice and Rights, Family, Civil Rights
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The Mississippi Delta's Health Care Blues
Tribune Washington BureauThis crumbling Delta town, set amid cotton fields, abandoned railroad tracks and cypress-studded bayous, is a hard place. So hard that the plaintive sound of a local musician drawing a knife blade across the strings of his guitar gave birth to the...Tags: Medicaid, Gaming, Medical Services, Diseases and Illnesses, Family
May 11, 2011
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May 15, 2011
|Story| Aberdeen News
May 20, 2011
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Aug 26, 2010
|Story| Hola Hoy
Oct 17, 2010
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Mar 28, 2011
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Apr 21, 2011
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May 11, 2011
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May 19, 2011
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Mar 28, 2011
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 27, 2010
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Jun 2, 2010
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