Thursday February 9, 2012
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Bud Selig’s Dilemma
BY Foster Richards | Arizona | 8/19/10
Major League Baseball’s place in the history of the battle for equality and civil rights is an embarrassment. Black ballplayers were banned from the major leagues for over 75 years until 1947 when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier.
Arizona, Boycott Arizona, Bud Selig, Civil Rights, Major League Baseball, MLB, SB1070
Reflections on the elections and Proposition 8
BY Naomi Nakamura | Berkeley, CA | 11/13/08
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was a bittersweet evening for me. The sweetness came first, as I was driving my daughter home from a play rehearsal when I heard that Barack Obama had won the election for President of the United States.
Civil Rights, Proposition 8, Same-sex marriage
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