King's Widow Turns Focus on Voting Rights
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The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. said the right to vote should be open to everyone in a democracy, including those who have been convicted of crimes.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry would appoint Supreme Court justices who would safeguard a half-century of civil rights gains, his wife said Friday.
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More than 2,000 people crowded Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to peace and equality and note the importance of his legacy in this election year
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The widow of Albania's last communist leader is in dispute with the government over her husband's war record.
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The woman who oversaw the documentation of voter disenfranchisement during the disputed 2000 presidential election has asked the Democratic Party to settle a fight with Florida and Michigan to avoid damage to the party.
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Christopher Reeve's widow, Dana Reeve, is going to President Bush's State of the Union address in hopes of hearing him propose additional support for medical research.
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The First Lady - and the former President - find a common cause
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LOS ANGELES - The mother of a 28-year-old man who died after an audio alarm on his vital signs monitor was turned down sued Martin Luther King Jr.
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Laura Bush has made defending human rights in Burma a personal mission.
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are embroiled in a racially tinged dispute just as large numbers of black voters prepare to get their first say in the Democratic presidential campaign. Clinton, on defense over comments that she and her husband made regarding Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and Obama's fitness for the White House, tried to turn the tables on her top primary rival.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Betty Priscak has voted for veteran Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.) in every election he has been in, but now she thinks it is time for a change. Priscak, a 74-year-old in increasingly poor health, plans to vote for Ron Klein, Shaw's Democratic challenger, in November.
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Abkhazians are taking their democratic rights seriously as they vote to replace the man who led their fight for independence from Georgia.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, along with former President Bill Clinton, take their high-voltage fight for the White House to a hallowed symbol of the U.S. civil rights movement on Sunday.
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Evoking the passions and rivalries of the civil rights era, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton made deeply personal appeals to voters in Selma, Ala.
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Asif Ali Zardari opened the partyâs election campaign in a bid to sweep into power on the legacy and martyrdom of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Lee Kandu never wanted to be a crusader for same-sex marriage. The Castle Rock, Wash., woman just wanted to file for bankruptcy protection so she could keep her house after her spouse &#151; a woman she married in Canada &#151; was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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She fought the Reaganites over abortion and womenâs rights.