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Isle of Wight supervisor faces critics, refuses to resign
ISLE OF WIGHT — Isle of Wight Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Byron "Buzz" Bailey faced a roomful of people calling for his resignation Thursday — many of them members of the local NAACP — expressed contrition for passing along racist...
Tags: Social Issues, Dwayne Johnson, Elections, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Politics
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Live video: Watch the Isle of Wight County Board meeting
The Isle of Wight County Board meets at 5 p.m. for is supposed to be final vote on the county budget. Dottie Harris, the head of the local NAACP chapter, has urged people to attend the meeting to pressure Supervisor Buzz Bailey to resign over emails he...Tags: Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia)
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From our files for May 26, 2013
100 Years Ago — 1913 Esquire J.R. Dodds had a narrow escape from serious injury at his home on South Third Street. He was cleaning out an old drawer and threw a lot of trash into the grate. A terrific explosion resulted and fire was scattered over...
Tags: Strawberries, Martin Luther King Jr., Newspaper and Magazine
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Wet Seal to pay $7.5 million to settle race discrimination suit
Wet Seal will pay $7.5 million to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit that accused the teen retailer of firing black employees to present a blond-and-blue-eyed front in its stores, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. The...
Tags: Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Justice System, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Julian Bond: Race relations progress still has long way to go
I have always suspected racists didn't like being called out for their racism. Now I have proof. When I told MSNBC's Thomas Roberts on May 14th that the tea party was "the Taliban wing of American politics", a firestorm erupted. Arguing the IRS was...Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Politics, Culture, John Lewis
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News media confidential sources are often what expose government wrongdoing
It took courage for more than a dozen Allentown police officers to divulge what they felt was wrongdoing by their chief, who they said threatened "retribution" on anyone who did so. It also took solid assurances that the chief would never find out who...
Tags: White House, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Daniel Ellsberg, Prisons, Politics
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Letters to the editor: Oklahoma tornado, public school chiefs, and assault rifles
Once again, teachers protected their students. It happened at Sandy Hook Elementary in December, and it happened in Monroe, Okla., this week. Stories are being reported of teachers placing their bodies over their students, and as one child said, "Our...Tags: Sports, Students, Teachers, Firearms, Salt
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Editorial: 'I'm sorry' for Isle of Wight emails doesn't suffice
As if things weren't tough enough in Isle of Wight County with budgetary challenges, tax increases and rising stormwater fees, this week county officials have been called upon to address yet another disturbing situation: two public leaders were involved...Tags: Social Issues, Sarah Palin, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Racism
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Isaiah 'Ike' Dixon, state delegate from Baltimore
Isaiah Dixon Jr., a jazz fan, world traveler and four-term state delegate from Baltimore City whose accomplishments included introducing a bill that made cross burnings a felony in Maryland, died of heart failure April 26 at Stella Maris Hospice in...
Tags: Entertainment, Elections, Politics, Trials, Timonium
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'Great Day': New life for old music of black churches
As afternoon light tried to filter through the thick, stained-glass windows of Sharp Street United Methodist Church last weekend, Marco K. Merrick pounded out the bass line of a spiritual on a raw-sounding piano, singing along in a raspy voice: "Great...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Christianity
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Count Inmates In Hometowns, Not In Cells
The Hartford CourantIf a Hartford resident is in a Somers prison, should he be counted for census purposes as a resident of Somers or of Hartford? For ages, the U.S. Census Bureau's answer — and Connecticut's — has been Somers. But in 2010 the Census Bureau...Tags: Suffield, Elections, Prisons, Politics, Voting
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NAACP convention leaders appeal today to Orlando's black pastors
National religious leaders from the NAACP appealed to Orlando's black pastors today for support and participation at the civil rights organization's annual convention scheduled here from July 10-17. The convention, coming to Orlando for the first time,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Justice and Rights, Christianity, Civil Rights
May 23, 2013
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|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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