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...children, Brown lived in Mississippi. "I rode in buses when the blacks had to stand in the back. I drank at water fountains that said COLOREDS. You couldn't eat at the restaurants. You had to get your meals in a brown paper sack at the back door...
McCain supporters were also going door-to-door across the state in a last minute push to reach likely voters. "We're very confident in Virginia because we are closing strong. We have a 20,000-strong, 72-hours volunteer force going door to door. Phone banks are full from morning to evening. We're seeing a lot of momentum and we are encouraged," says Gail Gitcho, McCain's mid-atlantic regional communications director. - By Kris Osborn...
...five voting booths went unused, despite a line that snaked out the door and halfway around the building. One judge gave two people two different reasons that those booths were not in operation. The first person was told they were in use by another precinct. The second person, that they weren't set up yet, despite the fact that polls had been open for more than four hours...
...know what prejudice is. I rode in buses when the blacks had to stand in the back. I drank at water fountains that said 'Coloreds.' You couldn't eat at the restaurants. You had to get your meals in a brown paper sack at the back door." An African-American in the White House "is long overdue," Brown said, "and I just pray that America is willing to accept it and not eliminate...
...meeting, which concludes Thursday when the more than 50 participants meet the Pope, is structured as a mostly closed-door nuts-and-bolts workshop amongst scholars. There are Muslim participants from Saudi Arabia, the United States, Libya, Turkey and elsewhere, representing Sunni and Shi'ite and other major strands of the religion. Catholic experts on Islam are also in attendance. The sessions have been built around the dual commandments in both religions: love of God and love of neighbor...