A Civil Rights Divide Over Obama
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The contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is dividing civil rights movement veterans as well as older and younger African-American voters
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One element of Barack Obama's varied heritage has remained obscure - until now.
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are embroiled in a racially tinged dispute just as large numbers of black voters prepare to get their first say in the Democratic presidential campaign. Clinton, on defense over comments that she and her husband made regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and Obama's fitness for the White House, tried to turn the tables on her top primary rival.
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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday derided President Bush's commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison term even as black men routinely serve time behind bars.
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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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The performances of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards reveal a basic thematic divide.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As Sen. Barack Obama continues a strategy of appealing to Republicans and independents, an influential and vocal group within his own party -- the liberal blogosphere -- faces an identity crisis of sorts.
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Blacks helped Barack Obama against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Louisiana's racially polarized Democratic primary Saturday, while John McCain made little headway among the most conservative, highly religious voters as he battled Mike Huckabee in their first head-to-head Republican matchup, exit polls found.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have become embroiled in racially tinged disputes as large numbers of black voters prepare to get their first say in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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Hard to keep up with the voting rights section of the Justice Department's civil rights division. Division chief John Tanner recently made some news with a fascinating analysis of how photo IDs for voters actually help minorities.
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An Illinois controversy pitting two important constituencies against each other put Barack Obamaâs legislative skills to the test.
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Sen. Barack Obama is facing a crucial test of support within the Democratic Party, as polls opened Saturday in a race in which more than half the voters are expected to be African-American.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with former President Bill Clinton, take their high-voltage fight for the White House to a hallowed symbol of the U.S. civil rights movement on Sunday.
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Barack Obama has to win over both black and white Democrat voters to see off Hillary Clinton
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They may not face the segregation that once defined the lives of black Americans, but many Muslim Americans feel that they are fighting the civil rights battles of the 1950s and 60s all over again.
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Race became a focus of  the Democratic presidential campaign on Sunday with Hillary  Clinton accusing rival Barack Obama of distorting remarks she  made last week about the 1960s U.S. civil rights movement.
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The Justice Department said Thursday it is sending civil rights monitors to polls in 25 states on Election Day. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 authorizes the monitors to protect election-related civil rights.