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Famed Civil Rights Photographer Was FBI Informant
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Sept. 14) -- Ernest Withers wasn't just trusted. He was one of them. The famed civil rights photographer captured some of the most pivotal moments of the movement, from the proud rows of "I am a man" marchers, to the drama of the Emmett Till trial, to the surreal moments after the assassination of his friend the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. So when it was discovered this week that Withers, who died in 2007, had done double duty as an FBI informant, divulging the most intimate and potentially damaging secrets of his confidants to a government agency then dedicated to discrediting the ...
Civil Rights Hero to Begin Serving Prison Sentence
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 4) -- Bobby DeLaughter, the prosecutor who secured the conviction in the infamous Medgar Evers Mississippi murder case, is himself now headed to prison. It was DeLaughter's dogged 1994 prosecution and the subsequent conviction of Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith that helped trigger the reopening of dozens of civil rights cold cases. DeLaughter became an instant hero of the civil rights movement. Alec Baldwin portrayed him in the 1996 movie, "Ghosts of Mississippi," and his closing statement was once dubbed one of the greatest closing arguments in modern law. ...
'Mad Men': Real, but not Always Authentic
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyLike Donna, I appreciate it when "Mad Men" stays harshly true to its time -- even when it showcases the narrow-mindedness of my favorite character, Roger Sterling, seen in literal and figurative blackface. Yet Sunday's episode also dipped into self-indulgence that – for the first time – had me checking the clock. That mostly happened during Betty Draper's anesthesia-induced fantasies and hubby Don's forced camaraderie with an expectant dad far below him in class and job category. Those scenes made their points, from the condescending treatment of pregnant moms by medical staff ...
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