North Carolina NAACP fights back against anti-gay/ anti-marriage

I wish I could cast a ballot today in the Tarheal state of North Carolina, against anti-gay discrimination in that state. But alas, being from Wisconsin, I can only hope it fails. Amendment 1 would ban same sex marriages in that state by changing that state's constitution....

Presidents Join Mourners at King Funeral (AP)

"AP - Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political."

Crowds Greet Coffin of Coretta Scott King (AP)

"AP - Cheered by hundreds of people, the body of Coretta Scott King was carried through the streets by horse-drawn carriage Saturday to Georgia's state Capitol, where she became the first woman and first black person to lie in honor."

NPR : Who Will Replace Aging Civil Rights Pioneers?

Pioneering civil rights leaders Coretta Scott King and Fred Shuttlesworth are both recuperating this week from medical setbacks. Family members report that King suffered a stroke earlier this week, and Shuttlesworth had a tumor removed from his brain. The news begs the...