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U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 11:07am neoform

Washington Post -- Lawyers for former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal argued in an appeals court Thursday that racism by a judge and prosecutors corrupted the 1982 trial at which he was condemned for killing a white police officer. Abu-Jamal, 53, once a radio reporter, has.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 19, 2006 @ 10:31pm neoform

New York Times -- Genarlow Wilson, 20, is serving a prison sentence that shocked his jury, elicited charges of racism from critics of the justice system and even acknowledgment by prosecutors and the State Legislature that it is unjust... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- Students from schools across the country — including historically black colleges like Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Howard University, Hampton University and Southern University — were en route to Jena on Wednesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- This is a shocking abuse of justice in the 21st century and harkens to our sort of Neanderthal era of politics in America fashioned around legalized racism," said former county executive Wayne K. Curry. "For this to be happening now is such a jolt. The ab.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 20, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

CNN -- For weeks, Mychal Bell expected to find out his punishment Thursday for his alleged role in a school beating that has thrust racial tensions in a tiny Southern town into the national spotlight -- and onto the political stage. Instead, he and five other bl.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jul 27, 2007 @ 10:39am neoform

CNN -- The police were only about 50 yards down the road when the gun-wielding white mob stopped the car and dragged the two black men out, shoving them face first into the dirt. The two women were next to be yanked from the burgundy Buick into the thick, sultry.. Read More