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...Roland Freeman, a civil rights activist and photographer who has been documenting African American quilters for nearly 30 years, has another take on why the story is so popular. "Hidden in Plain View is how we got over those white folks. Right under the nose of white folk we're sending signs and symbols and they didn't know it. While I think it's so ridiculous, African Americans are starved for those kind of stories in our culture and we're willing to accept it because it's what we want to hear...
...little secret that Obama’s campaign wants to draw parallels beyond mere flowery speech. Kennedy was seen as a fresh face; anti-establishment, youthful, full of “vigah” and hope, he represented a new wave in Democratic politics (including the civil rights movement). Obama’s desired image happens to be that of a fresh face; anti-establishment, youthful, full of vigor and “audacious” hope, he represents a new wave in Democratic politics...
...experience than Obama—he served one term in the House of Representatives before being ousted by the people of his district—yet he too rode a new wave of party politics to become one of our greatest presidents. Like Kennedy, he had a pretty good civil rights record of his own. Oh yes, and he was from Illinois. In fact, Obama even went as far as to make his announcement at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Lincoln’s old stomping ground...
...Fatah militants loyal to Abbas. "The flow of funds and arms [to Hamas] is not conducive to peace and stability," said a source close to the peace process. "You don't want to have arms caches built up for the day when things go bad and then you have civil war on your hands...
...comparison to Iraq. But the Lebanese remain wary of accepting refugees, lest they upset the country's ever-fragile sectarian balance. Lebanon already houses 400,000 permanent Palestinian refugees, some of whom have lived here for almost 60 years without gaining citizenship. Tension over their presence helped trigger the civil war that ran from 1975 to 1990. "In general, every time you have new refugees, no matter what the number, it raises the Palestinian question," says Stephane Jaquemet, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees representative in Lebanon. Still, the U.N. has worked out an agreement with the Lebanese government whereby...