Organizers say they plan weekly protests outside the Schwartz federal courthouse.
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When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story. -
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The San Francisco district attorney’s stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to investigate unrelated crimes shocked prosecutors nationwide. -
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San Diego County Office of Education will hold a Black College Expo this week. -
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KPBS Midday EditionRev. Dr. Christopher Carter joined Midday Edition to talk about his new book 'The Spirit of Soul Food: Race, Faith And Food'. -
State scientists, who make on average 27% less than state engineers, are trying to negotiate a better deal. “I’m freaking terrified that all of these awesome people that I work with…are going to leave,” one environmental scientist said. -
The university's trustees voted to strip the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan from a campus building and rename it solely for the school's first Black student.
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