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...recounting of the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march is credible without listing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Joseph Lowery, Bernard LaFayette, John Lewis, James Foreman and Dick Gregory. All seven were jailed in Alabama fighting for African-American voter empowerment...
Instead of settling in the North, where he could have avoided de jure discrimination, J.L. decided to set up shop in his hometown, Selma. After the success of the Selma-to-Montgomery march that led to passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act in 1965, J.L. dedicated his life to making sure that the promises of the civil rights movement were realized...
...behind the successful importation of The Office and Ugly Betty. Kath and Kim, though, shows that, as with Vegemite, not all flavors are so easily translated. The premise is the same as the original: single fortysomething Kath (Molly Shannon) has her life disrupted when her dim-bulb daughter Kim (Selma Blair) leaves her husband and shows up at Kath's doorstep. Like the British Absolutely Fabulous, it's a comedy of grotesques; Kath is a clueless ninny, Kim a crass, inarticulate walking...
...going to take a tax increase to give every child a quality education," said Rose Sanders, an activist in Selma, Ala., after McCain spoke there. In Inez, Ky., a registered Democrat named Debbie Blevias said she worried that McCain "is going to be for the richer people." When asked what she wanted to hear from Washington politicians, she said, "They could help send money into these rural areas...
...didn’t even have traditional mariachi outfits. Mariachi Veritas now has 11 members, who can be seen wearing their black trajes with crimson sashes and a sombrero to complete the look. As a group, Mariachi Veritas has performed in a variety of different arenas around campus. Selma Hayek sang vocals for them at Cultural Rhythms, and they have played for current Mexican President Felipe Calderon as well as former President Vicente Fox in the past two months. Last year, they attended the largest national Mariachi competition in San Antonio, where they placed third at the university level...