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Dorothy Height, hailed as the “godmother of the civil rights movement” as a participant in historic marches with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, died …

NEW YORK (AP) _ The Rev. Al Sharpton is a “lightning rod” for President Barack Obama on inner-city streets, Obama’s former Harvard mentor and friend …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who increased the NAACP’s stature as its executive director, died Thursday, …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Benjamin L. Hooks, who as executive director of the NAACP was a champion for the poor and minorities, died Thursday, according to …

PRAGUE (AP) — Casting aside years of rancor, President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday, April 8 signed the biggest nuclear arms …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) _ From street corners to cyberspace, a battle of words and images is raging over legislation that would link Florida teacher pay to …

WASHINGTON (AP) —Democratic groups this week tried to make a campaign issue out of news that the national Republican Party spent $1,946 at a sex-themed …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama stepped carefully when talking for the first time about the conservative tea party movement, saying the core of the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Landmark health legislation won’t be enough to reduce racial gaps in unemployment and health care, the National Urban League says in urging …

WASHINGTON (AP) — With time and tempers short, everyone’s playing hardball in the drive to pass – or stop – President Barack Obama’s massive health …