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Being Muslim in America after 9/11 [The conversation]
Opinion L.A.One could also call this post-9/11 era "the decade of intolerance." Here's a sampling of essays from across the Web reflecting on the unfair anti-Muslim sentiment that's permeated our country.... -
Remembering the Freedom Rides 50 years later
As the bus leaves Atlanta, Dennis Climpson is eager for conversation. He wants to talk about college football this Sunday morning, but I have a question for him. "Have you ever heard of the Freedom Rides?" I ask.
Fifty years ago next month, a group of 15...Tags: Justice and Rights, African Americans, Tour Operations Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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An old diary throws him a curve
Part two of threeReporting from Orange, Va. On the 19th page of the diary, I saw it. "Spence Mozingo came to . . . get boards for covering the Tob[acco] house." I clasped the back of my head in disbelief. Francis Taylor, a close cousin of James Madison, had kept a...Tags: Slavery, France, Angola, Chemical Industry, Summer Olympics
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Soupy Sales dies at 83; slapstick comic had hit TV show in 1960s
Soupy Sales, a comic with a gift for slapstick who attained cult-like popularity in the 1960s with a pie-throwing routine that became his signature, has died. He was 83.
Sales had numerous ailments and died Thursday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, said...Tags: James Stewart, Sammy Davis Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, New Year's Day, Bronx (New York City)
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Book review: 'Inherently Unequal' by Lawrence Goldstone
Special to the Los Angeles TimesInherently Unequal The Betrayal of Equal Rights by the Supreme Court, 1865-1903 Lawrence Goldstone Walker & Co.: 242 pp., $26 In the years immediately following the Civil War, America appeared to possess the will and the means to end racial...Tags: John Marshall, Rubber Products Industry, Herbert Spencer, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Theater review: 'The Good Negro' at Stella Adler Theatre
Culture MonsterIdealism is a dirty business in Tracy Scott Wilsonâs âThe Good Negro,â now at the Stella Adler Theatre. Itâs Birmingham, 1962, and the civil rights movement led by MLK-like Reverend Lawrence (Phrederic Semaj) finds a public relations dream in... -
Two out of three 'Fox & Friends' think 'all terrorists are Muslim'
Top of the TicketWith friends like these... This morning while attempting to defend fellow Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly's appearance on "The View," "Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade uttered a line that really needs no introduction. "There was a certain group... -
True or false: Oscars are older than the National Board of Review Awards
Gold DerbyTo see the answer, click on the "Continue Reading" link below. ANSWER: True. Although New York City was America's first capital city of film, it didn't get into the awards game until it was upstaged by Los Angeles. West Coast film leaders bestowed the... -
Kanye West at his movie premiere: 'I contemplated suicide' [Updated]
Pop & HissMonday nightâs Hollywood screening of âRunaway,â an expressionistic 40-minute movie written, directed by and starring Kanye West, gave a preview peek at the rapper-producerâs buzzy debut film project -â a visual âaccompanimentâ to his... -
Scottish deerhound wins Westminster dog show
L.A. UnleashedA Scottish deerhound named Hickory won best in show at the Westminster dog show, the most prestigious competition for purebred dogs in the U.S., as the show concluded its two-day run Tuesday night. It was the first time the Scottish...... -
What is there to fear from Muslims?
Comments BlogIn Sunday’s Opinion section piece by Sharon Davies, the Ohio State University professor compares today’s apprehension toward Muslims with the prevailing fear of Roman Catholics during the 1920s. Of those anti-Catholic sentiments, she writes:... -
L.A. County judge admonished for making Ku Klux Klan remark in case involving African Americans
L.A. NOWA Los Angeles County criminal judge who made a remark referencing the Ku Klux Klan in a case involving two African American defendants was publicly admonished Wednesday by a state agency overseeing judges' discipline. Judge Harvey Giss of the San......
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