Attorney General John Ashcroft was directed by the president to assess the situation and recommend new guidelines, which the president approved. ... David Smith, an African American officer, was pulled over while driving an unmarked car in the city of Carmel in 1997. ... Smith was in full uniform, but was not wearing his hat which would have identified him as an officer . ... Smith got out of the car. The trooper stated he had stopped Smith because he had three antennas on the rear of his car and quickly left the scene. ...

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Seabiscuit An American Legend By: Laura Hillenbrand Seabiscuit An American Legend, by Laura Hillenbrand, is a thrilling fast moving tale. This true story is about three men and their thoroughbred, who was a cultural icon. Seabiscuit is a fascinating tale about racing in all its drama...

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In California COTC members Geremy von Rineman and Jill Scarborough were arrested in a plot to bomb Los Angeles' largest black church. 1995 John McLaughlin, a close friend of Matt Hale, is sentenced to 2- ½ years probation after he is convicted of stockpiling weapons that were in the words of the COTC meant for the "Ultimate race war."" 1997 Jules Fettu, a member of the WCOTC whom oversees the churches official web site, and two other WCOTC members are charged with assaulting a black man and his son at a concert in Florida. ... Also in that year Guy Lombardi, WCTOC's southeast re...

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• Grade Level: High School

(John Tateishi pg. xiv) There were no grounds for evicting the Japanese Americans so west coast politicians and pressure groups turned to racial attacks that questioned the loyalty of the entire Japanese community. ... California State Attorney General Earl Warren stated " To believe the absence of sabotage by the Japanese population was proof of loyalty was simply to live in a fools paradise "(John Tateishi pg. xv). ... Personally I hate the Japanese and that goes for all of them "(John Tateishi pg. xvi). ... Since when are Cotton Ed Smith and Senator Bilbo and the Democratic Party of Frankli...

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Racial Profiling: "Its Time to Put an End to this Unjust Practice" It has happened to actors such as Wesley Snipes, Will Smith, Blair Underwood and LeVar Burton. It has happened to football player Marcus Allen, Olympic athletes Al Joyner and Edwin Moses, and it has happened to attorney Johnn...

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Thurgood Marshall is one of the most inspirational men in civil rights history to date. He is just one of the motivating start buttons to the movement that I think could have been written about a thousand times and still not cover the complexity of his heart, strength and ideas. I believe this is why I have chosen to do my report on him out of all the other justices to date. His life alone has brought about so many changes in social, racial, and political America that without his assistance today's world would not be, at all, as it is at this moment in time. The book I read was called D...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School