Monday, January 9, 2012

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African-American - News January 9, 2012

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At chaotic town hall, Gingrich sticks to immigration stand (The Miami Herald)
Newt Gingrich planned to hold a town hall for Latinos at a Mexican restaurant here Sunday, an odd enough event in New Hampshire, where Latinos are a tiny sliver of the population holding no sway in Tuesday's Republican primary.

Ron Paul Calls MLK a

Ron Paul Calls MLK a "Hero" - After Newsletter Trashed Him as a "World-Class Adulterer" (Mother Jones)
During Saturday's ABC News debate, Rep. Ron Paul was questioned about the many newsletters published in the 1970s and 1980s under his name that contained racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, and conspiratorial claims .

DeKalb NAACP celebrates King legacy with Stone Mountain parade, rally (Cross Roads News)
Participants are encouraged to carry banners at the Jan. 16 parade in the city of Stone Mountain.

Civil War museums changing as view on war changes (KATV Little Rock)
Inside Louisiana's Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle.

Texas electoral maps at issue before Supreme Court (KSLA-TV Shreveport)
A federal law says states and localities with a history of discrimination cannot change any voting procedures without first getting approval from the Justice Department or a federal court in Washington.

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