Lynch Defends Obama Immigration Policy At Senate Hearing
Loretta Lynch pledged a fresh start with Congress and independence from President Obama while defending his executive actions on immigration. Republican questions framed the hearing around Obama and Holder as Lynch, a longtime U.S. attorney for New York City and Long Island, faces possible confirmation as the first Black woman U.S. attorney general.
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Friendship 9 convictions vacated decades after sit-in
In Rock Hill South Carolina a judge vacated the 1961 trespassing and breach of peace convictions of nine African American protesters known as the Friendship 9. Seven appeared in court as Judge John C Hayes called the charges racially motivated and ordered records expunged.
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Legacy of civil rights fighters in Hayes exurb struggle
In 1961 a segregated town near Charlotte jailed nine Black residents who chose jail over fines, sending them to a month on a chain gang. They sang Chain Gang and kept their spirits high, aiming to teach younger generations nonviolence as King preached and protesting nonviolently in Ferguson and similar places today.
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