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Superman, a hero with staying power
My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the world's most recognizable man. He appeared on more radio broadcasts than Ellery Queen and in more movies than Marlon Brando, who...
Tags: Entertainment, Theft, Heart Attack, Nazi Party, Media Industry
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Library of hate: KKK, racist writings join university collection
“U.S. GOVERNMENT INITIATES OPEN WARFARE AGAINST AMERICAN PEOPLE,” blared one headline. “DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY UNDER ATTACK,” warned another. “DEATH TO ZOG!” urged a third — referring to Zionist Occupation...
Tags: Christianity, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Libraries
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'Django Unchained' pays homage to Wagner's 'Siegfried'
When Los Angeles Opera presented its new production of Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" a few years ago at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the packed house included the usual assortment of donors and local opera buffs. Nestled somewhere in the orchestra...
Tags: Kill Bill (movie), Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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House votes to honor victims of 1963 Birmingham church bombing
WASHINGTON -- On this year’s 50th anniversary of a deadly church bombing that helped spur passage of landmark civil rights legislation, the House voted Wednesday to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to four black girls killed in the...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Dodger great Carl Erskine: Pitching equality
Jackie Robinson changed baseball and the nation that loves it on April 15, 1947, when he became the first black player to walk onto a major league ball field. He changed Carl Erskine's life in March 1948, when Robinson, by then a Brooklyn Dodgers star,...
Tags: World Series, Martin Luther King Jr., Cultural Development, Arts and Culture, Court Preliminary
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Don't play into a paranoid conservative narrative
Are Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and “ultra-Orthodox” Jews religious extremists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Qaeda? Yes, according to a PowerPoint slide that was apparently used by the U.S. Army Reserve in a training...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Christianity, U.S. Army, Arts and Culture, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Elwin Wilson dies at 76; apologized for years of violent racism
Elwin Wilson, the former Ku Klux Klan supporter who publicly apologized for years of violent racism, including the beating of a black Freedom Rider who went on to become a Georgia congressman, has died. He was 76. Wilson died Thursday at a hospital in...
Tags: Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Flu
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Olen Burrage dies at 82; suspect in slayings of Mississippi civil rights workers
Olen Burrage, a farmer and Ku Klux Klan member who owned the Mississippi land where the bullet-riddled bodies of three civil rights workers were found buried in the 1960s, has died. He was 82. Burrage, who was acquitted on civil rights charges related...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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Ravens' Jacoby Jones to compete on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Jacoby Jones of the Baltimore Ravens has some big shoes to fill when he competes on the new season of "Dancing with the Stars." Three NFL players have won the Mirror Ball trophy: Emmitt Smith, Hines Ward and Donald Driver. Jones will try to become...
Tags: Elin Nordegren, Football, Emmitt Smith, Entertainment, Baltimore Ravens
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Blacks in Orange County feel harassed, survey finds
L.A. NOWOfficials will hold a forum in Orange County next week to discuss a survey that found that blacks in the county feel harassed. About a quarter of the African Americans who participated in the human relations study reported experiencing discrimination........ -
‘BioShock Infinite’: Video game preview has a few things we need to know
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWith the March 26 release of “BioShock Infinite” approaching, Hero Complex sat down with developer Irrational Games to preview the ...... -
L.A.'s mayors: A cast of characters
One was nicknamed "Pinky," for rather obscure reasons. Another, for lamentably obvious ones, was known as "Horse Face," and the military buddies of a third called him "Old Chubby Cheeks." One was a used-car salesman and a KKK member. A couple were...
Tags: Local Elections, Religion and Belief, Antonio Villaraigosa, Judaism, Politics
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