Clinton marks MLK Day with One America pledge speech
President Clinton spoke at the University of the District of Columbia on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, urging a more unified "One America" while calling for criminal justice reform voting rights restoration for felons and expanded social programs. He also urged Congress to address racial profiling and ensure fair death penalty practices.
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Clinton paints pillar in MLK service project
President Clinton joined AmeriCorps at a senior center to paint a pillar in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. He urged racial unity and called on Congress to restore voting rights for felons after service and support automatic restoration similar to Arkansas. He urged national Election Day and nonpartisan election reform.
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Peck and Small win top Newbery and Caldecott medals
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck won the John Newbery Medal and David Small won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for So You Want To Be President. The awards announced at the ALA midwinter meeting also named four Newbery Honor Books and three Caldecott Honor Books, highlighting titles by Bauer Creech DiCamillo Gantos Bing Lewin Cronin and Falconer.
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Chicago
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Human rights activists honored by Reebok Awards recipients named
Will Coley Heather Barr Kodjo Djissenou and Ndungi Githuku named as the 12th annual Reebok Human Rights Awards recipients. Each will receive a 50000 dollar grant for work ranging from refugee services to street activism.
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Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention Center
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Heather Barr
Urban Justice Center
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Kodjo Djissenou
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Ndungi Githuku
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Coley
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