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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for …

(Associated Press) KINGSTON — U.S. diplomats have expressed concern that an Islamic cleric convicted of whipping up racial hatred among Muslim converts in Britain might …

ATLANTA (AP) _ The youngest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is leaving an Atlanta megachurch where the pastor has been embroiled …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ A $2.5 million civil judgment and the prison sentence of its founder has left a western Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan group …

Associated Press ATLANTA — First lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told the 550 graduating from Spelman College, an historically black women’s …

FORT MYERS, FLa. (AP) _ A high school senior faces multiple charges after he was found on campus with weapons inside his car.

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal bankruptcy judge’s membership in a country club that has no women or blacks as full-fledged members does not …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — Recy Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ When he ran for mayor four years ago, Michael Nutter made his predecessor and longtime political nemesis the focus of a successful …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Recy Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home in …