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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Local Elections, Conservation, Lawyers, Prisons, University of Texas at Austin
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Wesley Brown dies at 85; first black graduate of Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, died Tuesday in Silver Spring, Md., the Naval Academy's alumni association announced from Annapolis, Md. He was 85 and had cancer. A 1949 graduate, Brown was...
Tags: Technology, Science and Technology, College Sports, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Wars and Interventions
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Minorities now account for most U.S. births, census data show
WASHINGTON — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is slowing. New 2011 census estimates to be released Thursday highlight sweeping...
Tags: Population and Census, Demographics, Immigration, Social Issues, 2010 Census
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Steady hands, determination saved Reginald Denny as L.A. burned
Madison Richardson had no clue that Los Angeles was burning. On April 29, 1992, the head and neck surgeon was touring the Griffith Park Equestrian Center with polo-playing friends from India. A colleague paged him. Could Richardson rush to Daniel Freeman...
Tags: Stokely Carmichael, Plastic Surgeons, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Skull
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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: Lawyers, U.S. Army, Civil Rights, Hospitals and Clinics, Tuskegee Airmen
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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: U.S. Army, Lincoln University, Bronx (New York City), Civil Rights, NAACP
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Esther Gordy Edwards dies at 91; sister of Motown Records founder
When Berry Gordy Jr. wanted to borrow $800 from his family to found Motown Records in 1959, he knew that the most formidable resistance would come from his oldest sister, Esther.
"You're 29 years old and what have you done with your life?" his sister...Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Marvin Gaye, Contracts, Michigan Legislature
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Happy birthday, Toni Morrison
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Theater review: 'Juan and John' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Culture MonsterCharles McNulty reviews Roger Guenveur Smith's latest solo show, "Juan and John" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre... -
PASSINGS: Ronald W. Walters, Kathleen Fetzer, Jill Jackson
Ronald W. Walters
Scholar, author and political analyst
Ronald W. Walters, 72, a longtime political analyst and scholar at Howard University and the University of Maryland who was a leading expert on race and politics, died Sept. 10 at a hospital in...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Wichita (Sedgwick, Kansas), African Americans, NAACP, Children
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*Theater review: 'Thurgood' at Geffen Playhouse (updated)
Culture MonsterIn a recent poll testing the knowledge of basic American history, more than a quarter of those surveyed didn’t know that the U.S. gained its independence from Great Britain. OK, here’s a chance at redemption: How many of you can...... -
David Blackwell dies at 91; mathematician, UC Berkeley's first tenured black professor
David Blackwell, a preeminent mathematician and the first black scholar in the National Academy of Sciences, died July 8 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley. He was 91 and had had a series of strokes.
Blackwell was known as a problem-solver...Tags: Mathematics, Career and Workplace, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley
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