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Celebration, tears greet Obama's victory across U.S.
The Associated PressCrowds danced in the streets, wept, lifted their voices in prayer and brought traffic to a standstill. From the nation's capital to Atlanta to Los Angeles, Americans celebrated Barack Obama's victory and marveled that they lived to see the day that a...Tags: Baptist, Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, John McCain, Television, Martin Luther King Jr.
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'Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple'
Times Staff WriterWhy did they do it? In the nearly 30 years since more than 900 people died in what's been called the largest mass suicide-murder in history, the question of why so many otherwise seemingly rational human beings could be persuaded to drink cyanide-laced...Tags: Suicide, Crime, Law and Justice, Jim Jones, Entertainment, Death
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Movie review: 'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till'
Tribune staff reporter3 stars (out of four) If you don't believe film can change the world, you haven't seen the documentary "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till." In 1955, 14-year-old Chicagoan Till was savagely beaten to death after allegedly whistling at a white woman...Tags: Prosecution, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, PBS (tv network)
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A last push for justice in civil rights-era killings
Sun National StaffThe two events each seem to hold new promise of unmasking old ghosts. In Chicago, the FBI exhumed the body of Emmett Till last month in a search for clues about the 14-year-old black youth's brutal 1955 beating death. In Mississippi, reputed Ku Klux Klan...Tags: NAACP, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), U.S. Supreme Court
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'60 Minutes' Correspondent Bradley Dies
Zap2It.com"60 Minutes" correspondent Ed Bradley, who won 19 Emmys over the course of his career, has died at the age of 65. The newsman died Thursday morning (Nov. 9) of leukemia at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital, reports CBS. Bradley was with the critically...Tags: Television, 60 Minutes (tv program), Entertainment, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Hospitals and Clinics
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Jackson: Obama's place in movement
The Swampby Rick Pearson The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the anticipated nomination of Sen. Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential candidate represents a crowning achievement for the civil rights movement as well as an "I-told-you-so" moment in the history of...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama
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Rep. Dingell sets House longevity record
The SwampRep. John Dingell, D-Mich., with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and former President Bill Clinton, share a laugh at a Capitol Hill ceremony honoring Dingell (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) by Frank James "Change" was the rallying cry of last year's......Tags: United States, Government, Justice and Rights, History, Celebrities and Bad Behavior
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Charges against four defendants dropped in Pasadena teen's death
Sun StaffSaying the cases had "no reasonable hope of success," Anne Arundel County's chief prosecutor dropped manslaughter and other charges yesterday against four young white men accused in the death of a black Pasadena teenager in a brawl last summer. State's...Tags: Racism, Glen Burnie, Justice System, NAACP, Social Issues
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Rapping is a way for David Banner to reflect on roots
Sun Pop Music CriticThat's not an easy place to discuss. It harbors many ghosts, and the pain from certain events that took place there hasn't necessarily lessened with time. Mississippi is one of the poorest states in the Union, with low employment, poor schools, shabby...Tags: Harriet Tubman, OutKast (music group), Mariah Carey, Awards and Prizes, Bars and Clubs
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Sundance Awards 2003
PARK CITY, Utah -- Outcasts took center stage Saturday night as the Sundance Film Festival gave its top prizes to films about a chronically gloomy comic-book writer, a family embroiled in a perplexing child-abuse scandal and a loner dwarf. Shari...Tags: Photography, Television, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Forest Whitaker
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'Emmett Till' a tale of tragedy and courage
Tribune television reporterWith its tight focus on events, "The Murder of Emmett Till" (9 p.m. Monday, WTTW-Ch. 11) vividly tells the story of a death described by narrator Andre Braugher as "a touchstone for a generation." This powerful edition of PBS' "American Experience"...Tags: Adam Carolla, Comedy (genre), Television, Ben Affleck, Alias (tv program)
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A delicate balancing act in Park City
Times Staff WriterThe Sundance Film Festival's selection for its dramatic grand jury prize, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's "American Splendor," reflects the complex new realities of the independent film scene. As a warm, playful and visually inventive biopic...Tags: Photography, Showtime (tv network), Television, Justice System, Patricia Clarkson
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