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Reference & Research Book News - Race and the war on poverty; from Watts to East L.A

February 1, 2009 -- Race and the war on poverty; from Watts to East L.A.

Race and the war on poverty; from Watts to East L.A.

Bauman, Robert.

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Newsweek - Divide And Conquer

May 19, 2008 --

We all know Nixon was nasty. A stunning new book argues that he was also the grandfather of today’s politics of hate.

On...

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Jet - What has changed since Kerner Commission report?

March 17, 2008 -- On Leap Day in 1968, the 11-member National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, led by Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner Jr., issued a report to...

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Jet - Impassioned Black caucus, lawmakers spark Voting Rights Act victory on Capitol Hill: U.S. Rep. Mel Watt , chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, applauded the 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act

July 31, 2006 -- By a 390 to 33 vote, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and set the stage for Congress to...

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Jet - CENSUS

January 25, 1999 -- Died: Henry Arlington Towles, 84, noted Chicago attorney who specialized in real estate law, of emphysema and a stroke in Chicago ... Fred Hopkins,...

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Washington Monthly - Slumlord; Pat Moynihan has done some great things - but betraying the poverty warriors isn't one of them

May 1, 1991 -- Slumlord

Slumlord

In the summer of 1965, the Watts riot and the escalation of American involvement in Vietnam destroyed the mood of...

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