http://www.mail.com/people/217504-rosa-parks.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/217504-rosa-parks.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108544-obama-oks-honor-birmingham-bombing-victims.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday to award Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in an Alabama church bombing during the civil rights movement. He called it a tragic loss that "helped to trigger triumph and a more just and equal and fair America." The Congressional Gold Medal will go to Addie Mae Collins, C... Fri, 24 May 2013 21:19:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2108544-obama-oks-honor-birmingham-bombing-victims.html 2013-05-24T21:19:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055374-wall-that-divided-races-remains-teaches.html DETROIT (AP) — When Eva Nelson-McClendon first moved to Detroit's Birwood Street in 1959, she didn't know much about the wall across the street. At 6 feet tall and a foot thick, it wasn't so imposing, running as it did between houses on her street and one over. Then she started to hear the talk. Neighbors told her the wall was built two decades earlier wi... Wed, 01 May 2013 07:10:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2055374-wall-that-divided-races-remains-teaches.html 2013-05-01T07:10:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011444-survivor-63-ala-church-bombing-seeks-funds.html BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The lone survivor of a 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four black girls said Wednesday she wants millions in compensation for her injuries and won't accept a top congressional award proposed to honor the victims. Sarah Collins Rudolph, in an interview with The Associated Press, said she feels forgotten 50 years after the bl... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:43:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2011444-survivor-63-ala-church-bombing-seeks-funds.html 2013-04-10T23:43:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918272-justices-voice-skepticism-voting-rights-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an ominous note for supporters of the key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy both acknowledged the measure's vital role i... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:43:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918272-justices-voice-skepticism-voting-rights-law.html 2013-02-27T23:43:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918344-rosa-parks-statue-unveiled-capitol.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's most powerful politicians honored Rosa Parks on Wednesday by unveiling her statue in a permanent place in the U.S. Capitol. President Barack Obama praised Parks as an enduring reminder of what true leadership requires, "no matter how humble or lofty our positions." Parks became the first black woman to be depicted in a full-... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:37:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1918344-rosa-parks-statue-unveiled-capitol.html 2013-02-27T23:37:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906732-obama-parks-statue-dedication-powerful-moment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the dedication in the Capitol of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be a "powerful moment." Obama is to speak at next Wednesday's ceremony. Parks' refusal in December 1955 to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger led to a citywide bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., and encouraged nationwid... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:34:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906732-obama-parks-statue-dedication-powerful-moment.html 2013-02-21T21:34:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867736-postal-service-honors-rosa-parks-with-stamp.html DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Hundreds of people, including some of Michigan's political elite, gathered Monday to celebrate the late Rosa Parks on what would have been her 100th birthday by unveiling a postage stamp in her honor steps from the Alabama bus on which she stared down segregation nearly 60 years ago. Parks, who died in 2005, became one of the enduri... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1867736-postal-service-honors-rosa-parks-with-stamp.html 2013-02-04T23:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1746176-cadet-quits-cites-overt-religion-west-point.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A cadet quitting West Point less than six months before graduation says he could no longer be part of a culture that promotes prayers and religious activities and disrespects nonreligious cadets. Blake Page announced his decision to quit the U.S. Military Academy this week in a much-discussed online post that echoed the sentiments of s... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1746176-cadet-quits-cites-overt-religion-west-point.html 2012-12-05T22:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1723426-trip-smooth-thanksgiving-travelers.html SEATTLE (AP) — Despite a predicted increase in the number of holiday travelers, Americans returning home after the long Thanksgiving weekend found generally good weather, few airport delays and at times manageable conditions on the nation's highways. Travel appeared to run smoothly Sunday — typically the busiest travel day of the year — as millions journe... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1723426-trip-smooth-thanksgiving-travelers.html 2012-11-26T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1722620-thanksgiving-travelers-smooth-trip.html SEATTLE (AP) — Travelers heading home after the long Thanksgiving weekend had yet another reason to be thankful on Sunday: favorable weather and few airport delays reported on what is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year. Although there was little elbow room on packed buses, trains and airplanes, travel appeared to be running smoothly as milli... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 23:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1722620-thanksgiving-travelers-smooth-trip.html 2012-11-25T23:18:00Z