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IU's minority recruiting falling short of goal
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana University's efforts to recruit more black students and faculty to its Bloomington campus have fallen well short of the school's goals, but some on campus hope the hiring of a new associate vice president in a campus...
Tags: Education, Indiana University, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Students
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LOOKING BACK: Notre Dame fights KKK
WSBT-TVNOTRE DAME – It's a prestigious university known for its top notch research, and this year a top 10 ranked football team. But did you know Notre Dame students actually fought the Ku Klux Klan out of South Bend nearly 80 years ago? WSBT's Kelli... -
Free speech, religion clash over anti-Muslim film
CERRITOS, Calif. (AP) — While the man behind an anti-Islam movie that ignited violence across the Middle East would likely face swift punishment in his native Egypt for making the film, in America the government is in the thorny position of...Tags: Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, University of Southern California, Media Industry, West Bank
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Indiana city awakes to KKK fliers with rocks
BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) - Ku Klux Klan fliers titled "Dark Times for America" littered neighborhoods across Beech Grove Tuesday morning. The one-page letters talk about the economic problems facing America and complain about the "greedy and gluttonous...
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ACLU to represent KKK in Ga. litter program fight
ATLANTA (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union will help the Ku Klux Klan in its bid to join Georgia's highway cleanup program as a legal fight looms. ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Debbie Seagraves tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, American Civil Liberties Union
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KKK group aims to adopt highway for litter control
ATLANTA (AP) — A Ku Klux Klan group is attempting to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program for litter removal, creating a quandary for state officials. The International Keystone Knights of the KKK applied last month to adopt a one-mile...
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Ark. town known for ties to KKK tries to rebrand
HARRISON, Ark. (AP) — When a black man supposedly broke into a white man's home in 1905, a mob ran most black people out of tiny Harrison, Ark., and instantly gave the community a lasting reputation as being too dangerous for minorities. More... -
US House candidate with KKK ties drops out
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A candidate for Montana's U.S. House seat with ties to the Ku Klux Klan says he is dropping out of the race because he didn't have enough support. John Abarr of Great Falls told The Associated Press early Wednesday he is...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate
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Indiana judge rules KKK newspaper wasn't litter
MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A central Indiana judge has ruled that a man who dropped off copies of a Ku Klux Klan newspaper at businesses wasn't guilty of littering. Martinsville City Court Judge Mark Peden ruled Wednesday that Thomas Buhls hadn't...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Laws, Judges, Newspaper and Magazine, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Montana candidate with KKK ties running for Congress
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former organizer for the Ku Klux Klan says he is running as a Republican for Montana's representative in the U.S. House. John Abarr says he believes he will fare better than people might expect because of a backlash...Tags: Barack Obama, Primaries, Elections, Montana, Republican Party
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Proposed Mississippi license plate to honor KKK leader
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A fight is brewing over a proposed Mississippi specialty license plate that would honor an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans says it wants to sponsor five state-...Tags: Mississippi, Elections, Politics, NAACP, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tears, shouts as terror hearing becomes political
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress pushed deep into a raw and emotional debate Thursday over American Muslims who have committed terrorist attacks in the name of religion, in a hearing punctuated by tearful testimony, angry recriminations and political...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Little Rock, Crimes, Murder, Democratic Party
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