Medgar Evers Remembered Beyond Civil Rights Spotlight
Myrlie Evers Williams urged memory of Medgar Evers as a champion of citizenship rights, not just Mississippi civil rights leadership. The 1963 assassination at age 37 is recalled amid a monument plan and a memorial service near Washington.
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Decatur
Miss
Medgar Evers
Mississippi
Myrlie Evers Williams
Evers
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Medgar
Jackson
Missis
Ronnie Musgrove
Andington National Cemetery
Washington
Teens to be freed in Texas drug case tied to discredited officer
TULIA Texas AP nearly four years after 46 residents were jailed on the testimony of undercover agent Tom Coleman 12 blacks and one Hispanic to be released on recognizance while appeals proceed. Judge Ron Chapman said Coleman was not credible and recommended overturning 38 convictions though a special prosecutor warned against new trials.
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Tulia
Texas
Billy Wafer
Tom Coleman
Panhandle
Coleman
Ron Chapman
Gayrick Perry
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Chapman
Mass delays diplomas over MCAS exit exams in 1998 switch
Massachusetts seniors faced diploma denial if MCAS exams not passed. About 4,800 of 1998-99 graduates missed diplomas while 92 percent overall passed. Notable cases include Karl Kearns of Burke High School who graduated anyway. Disparities appeared across districts with city schools lagging suburban ones.
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Burke High School
Kearns
State
Supreme Judicial Court
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Chelsea
Springfield
Fitchburg
Cambridge
Harvard University
Department of Education
MCAS
Paul Cellucci
Statehouse
Cellucci
David Driscoll
Florida
Jeb Bush
California
Jack O’connell
James Peyser
State Board of Education
Victor Brown
Jeremiah Burke
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Middle Ridge
Rt. 2
Inter
Images of Hope
Westfield Shoppingtown
Midway Mall
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Lorain County
Phoenix Center For Grieving Children
Community Health Partners
Phoenix Center
Schaden Road
Elyna
Glendats
Mass
Volunteer Action Center
North Ridge Rd
E. Lorain
Ohio
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Huberty Poerett
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