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    Aug 18, 2012 |Story| AM News

  1. Early Danville resident shaped national history

    A new book, “Apostles of Equality: The Birneys, the Republicans and the Civil War,” traces the abolitionism of one the leading early antislavery politicians, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), a Danville native, to the spirit of freedom inherent in his Irish heritage. After years of indecision, Birney became an advocate of immediate emancipation and chipped away at slavery with religious and patriotic fervor.
    A new book, “Apostles of Equality: The Birneys, the Republicans and the Civil War,” traces the abolitionism of one the leading early antislavery politicians, James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857), a Danville native, to the spirit of freedom...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, Slavery

    2. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Alabama seeks to correct past, to offer 'Scottsboro boys' pardons

    The Alabama Legislature has created a path to pardon for nine black teenagers known as the Scottsboro boys, who were falsely accused of raping two white women more than eight decades ago in one of the more infamous episodes in the racist South.
    The Alabama Legislature has created a path to pardon for nine black teenagers known as the Scottsboro boys, who were falsely accused of raping two white women more than eight decades ago in one of the more infamous episodes in the racist South. On...

    Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Trials, Prisons, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Alabama Legislature OKs abortion limits; Kansas clinic reopens

    Alabama this week moved to tighten the regulation of clinics and of medical personnel who perform abortions, the latest step in what abortion rights advocates argue is a campaign to use the regulatory power of government to limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
    Alabama this week moved to tighten the regulation of clinics and of medical personnel who perform abortions, the latest step in what abortion rights advocates argue is a campaign to use the regulatory power of government to limit a woman’s right...
    4. Oct 23, 2011 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  4. Alabama law demonstrates that plans must be set in place

    The problems resulting from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law, thought to be the toughest in the nation, might finally be the tangible evidence needed to start the action — not just discussion — for meaningful, commonsense and fair...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, National or Ethnic Minorities, Minority Groups, Employees, Immigration

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