Civil Rights Tone Prompts Talk of an Endorsement
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Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina says he may abandon his neutral stance in his stateâs primary, based in part on comments by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Presidential hopeful Barack Obama drew the loudest cheers of the eight Democratic candidates at a civil rights forum Thursday as he assailed the Bush administration's record on race relations.
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African Americans in Congress, many facing huge pressure from their constituents, are mulling whether to shift support from Clinton to Obama.
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Barack Obama picked up an endorsement Tuesday from filmmaker Ken Burns, who said he was disappointed in what he called the negative tone of Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign.
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By Aman Batheja, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--AUSTIN -- Framing the issue as the latest front in the civil rights movement, thousands of parents, educators, and students descended on the state Capitol on Wednesday to support school vouchers.
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The renewal of the 1965 voiting Rights Act, passed by the House despite criticism that Southern states were being hounded over their racist past, now faces similar objections from senators who oppose its federal oversight.
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Excitement is stirring in the presidential campaign over a politician who's been talked about in the same breath as John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.
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His candidacy works to inspire, while she appeals to reason and cites credentials.
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After Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford) assumed his powerful post last year, one of his sons called to ask about his vision for the job.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday, with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his U.S. presidential bid.
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Union officials tell The Associated Press Sen. Barack Obama is likely to be endorsed by the Service Employees International Union on Friday.
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John Kerry was making promises the other day. That African-Americans would not be deprived of their votes. That his &quot;voter protection dream team&quot; would make sure of it.
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The underdog presidential candidate captures support from a New Hampshire nonconformist who's been teased by the big boys, too.
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Ban Ki Moon sets a tone of openness, but some of his appointments create concern.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help decide the party's presidential nominee.
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The sign outside Accotink Unitarian Universalist Church in Burke announces that it is a "liberal, welcoming religious community." For Rep. Tom Davis yesterday, it was more liberal than welcoming.
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Transitions of the nation's largest African American and Hispanic rights groups highlight differences in their outlooks and agendas.