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...Student Activities] Susan Cooke and [Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and Operations] Jeremy Gibson have done a little research on OutKast,” Illingworth wrote, “and have found out that their language may not be acceptable for many audiences, and also that, reportedly, Rosa Parks once sued the group. These comments cause me to worry that OutKast may not be the best group for the Concert Commission to bring to campus...
...lawsuit Illingworth referred to was filed by the famed civil rights activist for compensation from the group for the use of her name in the title of the song “Rosa Parks,” which was not about her. The case was dismissed in November...
Illingworth wrote that other College and athletic department administrators said they were concerned that Outkast’s “language may not be acceptable for many audiences, and also that, reportedly, Rosa Parks once sued the group...
DIED. JAMES F. BLAKE, 89, Montgomery, Ala., bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat to a white passenger on Dec. 1, 1955; in Montgomery. Parks' refusal and subsequent arrest led to the 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregated transportation and helped spawn the civil rights movement...
...bankruptcy. The Vatican stands aloof at pay-up time; every diocese is responsible for its own financing. That drove the Santa Fe, N.M., diocese to the brink of insolvency, when it had to borrow from parish savings accounts to fill out a $50 million settlement. The diocese of Santa Rosa, Calif., sold off property, closed an elementary school and took out $7 million in loans from 90 other U.S. dioceses to pay $16 million to abuse victims...