Topic: Jim Crow Laws

La. interracial marriage: Is life tougher for biracial kids?

Racist undertones of the 'socialist' epithet

With the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama joins the company of fellow laureates Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. But he already shares with them the more dubious distinction of being assailed as a socialist.

'Socialist Joker' Obama portrait goes viral

Police and blacks: old tensions slow to heal

Obama had harsh words Wednesday for how police handled the arrest of Harvard professor Gates.

Supreme Court strikes a compromise to save landmark voting law

Civil rights activists praise the court for not throwing out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Supreme Court: More districts can sue to bail out of Voting Rights Act

The court did not strike down the law Monday, as some experts had expected, but it opened the door for jurisdictions to free themselves from one of the act's key provisions.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about why the Iowa court made the right call on gay marriage.

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin.

A book deal for Condi Rice

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear voting rights case

Critics say the 1965 law is outdated when an African-American can be elected president.

Obama "slights" the South in picking his team

Regional rivalries may no longer count, especially in tough times like these.

Obama’s new political era

Democratic control of Washington brings unity but also new demands.

Obama victory signals new push for unity

Americans elect their first black president and deal a blow to an era of Republican ascendancy.

Studs Terkel

Protecting our kids – or jeopardizing everyone's freedom?

Residency laws for child sex offenders flout the Constitution.

Reporter cracks open scores of civil rights-era cases

His efforts have helped to heal his community, and himself.

Did Obama's pastor preach hate?

While some label the Reverend Wright's words 'hate speech,' others point to a tradition of exposing social ills.

Not so black and white

Obama's extraordinary speech on race captured the subtleties of today's debate.

Remarks by Barack Obama: 'A More Perfect Union'

Delivered Tuesday March 18, 2008, at Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Stop playing the race card

Hyped-up charges of bias distract from the real work of correcting racial inequalities.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about New Jersey's apology for slavery, low population growth, and the benefits of reading.