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51. Ex-Klan leader found guilty in 1964 Mississippi killings

Author

MacQuarrie, Brian

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, Murder -- Cases, Company legal issue, Business, Business, regional, General interest, Ku Klux Klan -- Cases
Abstract

Jun. 22--PHILADELPHIA, Miss. -- Exactly 41 years after a triple slaying that branded this small city as a hotbed of racism, a Neshoba County jury yesterday convicted a former Ku [...]

Published
2005

52. Recent deaths: Virginia's Linwood Brown, 68, a standout figure in the campaign against U.S. Agriculture Department bias

Author

Booker, Simeon

Subjects
Ambassadors -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Death of
Abstract

Recent deaths: Virginia's Linwood Brown, 68, a standout figure in the campaign against U.S. Agriculture Department bias, and Ambassador Mabel Smythe Haith, who with her late husband, Ambassador Hugh Smythe, [...]

Published
2006

53. Died

Subjects
Gospel singers -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Death of, African American baseball players -- Death of, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Death of
Abstract

Died: Elrod Hendricks, 64, who spent 37 years as a catcher or coach with the Baltimore Orioles, of a heart attack at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, MD [...]

Published
2006

54. Civil rights icon

Subjects
Civil rights workers -- Death of, History
Abstract

Rosa Parks, the woman who helped start the civil rights movement in the US, has died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, aged 92. In Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 she [...]

Published
2006

55. Died

Subjects
Baseball umpires -- Death of, African American musicians -- Death of, School superintendents -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Death of, African American authors -- Death of, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Death of
Abstract

Charles H. 'Charlie' Williams, 61, the first Black umpire to work a World Series in 1993, of complications from diabetes in a Chicago hospital ... Sylvester Smith, 90, the first [...]

Published
2005

56. Civil rights lawyer Donald L. Hollowell succumbs at 87

Subjects
Hollowell, Donald L., African American attorneys -- Death of, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, General interest, Death of
Abstract

Donald L. Hollowell, a civil rights attorney who once helped free the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from prison and worked to desegregate Georgia schools, recently died of [...]

Published
2005

57. This date in history

Subjects
Assassination -- History, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Presidents -- Death of
Abstract

THIS DATE IN HISTORY * APRIL 4, 1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. * APRIL 14, 1865: Abraham […]

Published
2004

59. Shell to start talks with Nigeria, Ogoni activists

Author

Oster, Shai

Subjects
Nigeria -- History, Nigeria -- Social aspects, Royal Dutch Shell PLC -- Management, Royal Dutch Shell PLC -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Royal Dutch Shell PLC -- Cases, Political persecution -- History, Petroleum industry -- Management, Petroleum industry -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, Petroleum industry -- Cases, Human rights -- Cases, Civil rights workers -- Death of, Company legal issue, Company business management, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Cos. will participate in reconciliation talks with the Nigerian government and Ogoni representatives, whose leader, civil rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was executed during a crackdown on Ogoni protests after Shell left the country. Shell hopes the tal ks will allow it to re-enter the lucrative Nigerian oil market.

Published
2005

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