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	<title>The Living Consequences &#187; Civil rights</title>
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	<description>Exploring the Legacy of Slavery and Race in the United States</description>
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		<title>Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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It was announced overnight that Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has died at the age of 77.
Much has been said about the legacy of Senator Kennedy, the &#8220;liberal lion of the Senate,&#8221; and much more will be said today and in the the future. As President Obama said in a statement released during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court rules on Voting Rights Act</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a split decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today limited an important protection provided by federal voting rights law, ruling that election districts benefiting racial minorities are only protected if the minority in question comprises a majority of the entire voting-age population of the district.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a key piece of federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We have come to cash this check&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another sign of the nation&#8217;s hyper-sensitivity around the issue of reparations for slavery, the architect of the forthcoming national memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. revealed this week that King&#8217;s &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech will be censored to remove a key portion of the speech which has been used rhetorically in support of [...]]]></description>
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