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The GOP and Latinos: Will immigration reform change their relationship? Not...
By Robert Mann Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, some Republican leaders in Congress have finally decided to tack a different course this week by throwing...
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African-American voters have plenty of reasons to steer clear of GOP
By Robert Mann I like state Sen. Elbert Guillory. I spent a delightful 10 days with him in Turkey a few years ago. He’s a kind man, wonderful company, and is now among my favorite Republicans. That’s...
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The 1963 March on Washington: Celebrate King, but don’t forget John Lewis
SNCC leader John Lewis (left) and Jim Zwerg after being beaten during the Freedom Rides (Photo credit: Wikipedia) By Robert Mann The sound of speeches and music wafted across the National Mall in...
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When will we really start living Martin Luther King’s dream?
By Robert Mann My daughter wouldn’t stop talking about a new friend at her elementary school, so my wife and the child’s mother arranged a play date at our house. I’ll never forget the moment when my...
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Hubert Humphrey’s year in Baton Rouge and how it helped shape our civil...
#82290328 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann Shortly after noon on Monday, March 30, 1964, U.S. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) stood at his polished mahogany desk in the Senate chamber and launched...
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Is ‘religious freedom’ the new ‘states’ rights’?
#182352569 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann In the struggle for equality, past is prologue. In the Fifties and Sixties, many Southern politicians opposed racial equality, but for the sake of...
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The strange death of Victor White and the strange dearth of national news...
By Robert Mann It’s been more than a month since the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., captivated the nation. It started with the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown in the majority-black suburb of St....
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Selma: MLK vs LBJ
#2417745 / gettyimages.com By Robert Mann Who was really responsible for the 1965 voting rights act? And who inspired the bloody 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, which is portrayed in...
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What Selma teaches us about the “American experiment”
President Obama at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By Robert Mann What is America? Every generation redefines our great country in...
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