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Clinton Pledges Support for Affirmative Action
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Bill Clinton; 1946- (Speeches, addresses, etc), Affirmative action
Univ. of California Regents End System's Affirmative Action
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University of California (System) Board of Regents, Affirmative action
Black University of CA Regents Member Fostered Move to Review Affirmative Action There
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Ward Connerly; 1939-., University of California (System) Board of Regents, Affirmative action
Six-year-old Girl Awarded $21 Million After Mother's Death
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Tasia Roberts, Woodhull Hospital and Medical Center (New York, N.Y.), Trials (Malpractice), Trials (New York (State)), Childbirth (Complications)
Black Cadet Forced Out in Racist Attack Gets Posthumous West Point Commission
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Johnson Chesnutt Whittaker (military cadet, lawyer and educator.); 1858-1931, United States Military Academy, Black cadets, Blacks (Civil rights, History), Courts martial and courts of inquiry
Boyz II Men Still the Hottest Group in Music
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Boyz II Men (Musical group)
Ashe Statue to be Placed on Street where Confederate Generals are Memorialized
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Arthur Ashe; 1943-1993 (Statues), Monument Avenue (Richmond, Va.), Richmond (Va.) (Race relations, Monuments, statues, etc)
Vanderbilt Cager Played While Secretly Pregnant; was 2nd Leading Scorer
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Na'Sheema Hillmon, Vanderbilt University (Basketball, Women), Pregnancy
Baseball Legends Willie McCovey, Duke Snider Plead Guilty to Tax Fraud
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Willie McCovey (American baseball player.); 1938-, Duke Snider (American baseball player.); 1926-2011, Autographs (Collectors and collecting), Tax evasion, Baseball (Collectibles), Baseball, Professional (Ethical aspects)
Bill Cosby Joins Lou Rawls in Project to Rebuild Historic Area that Spawned a Galaxy of Stars
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Lou Rawls (American singer.), Bill Cosby (American actor and comedian.); 1937-, Lou Rawls Theatre and Cultural Center (Chicago, Ill.)

Queen Latifah Says She Will Still Visit Harlem, Despite Being Victim of Carjacking
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Queen Latifah (American rapper and actress.), Carjacking, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.) (Crime)
Susan Smith's Ex-mother-in-law's Hubby Recalls He was a Suspect in Case; Waits for Jury to Decide Her Fate
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Adolphus Benson, Susan Smith (American murderer) (Trials, litigation, etc)

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