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After the Civil War, the United States seemed poised to grant equal rights to blacks. But the Supreme Court's rulings in the late 19th century kept blacks segregated for decades, says constitutional scholar Lawrence Goldstone.

A coalition of 30 groups is marching in downtown San Diego today in support of rights for undocumented workers. KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson has the story.

To increase minority enrollment at UC San Diego, where racial tensions have been on the rise, university officials today announced new efforts to get minorities who have been admitted to the school to enroll.

The former University of California regent who led the effort to remove race from consideration for admission to public colleges said today he will review an agreement by UC San Diego and its Black Student Union to see if it violates the state constitution.

Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can get a creepy glimpse into the psyche of Jared Loughner. Like several gunmen in mass shootings in the digital era, the alleged Tucson shooter maintained an active Internet presence.

Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. History died Monday. He was 92. Byrd was best known for his ardent defense of both the U.S. Constitution his love of Senate history.

Iran is hosting a two-day conference brings together Holocaust deniers and foes of Israel from around the world. Sparked by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's frequent challenges to the widely held history of the Holocaust, the conference includes former Ku Klux Klan member David Duke, as well as ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose the Zionist movement that created modern Israel.

A reputed Ku Klux Klan member is sentenced to three life terms for his role in the 1964 kidnapping and murder of two black teenagers. James Ford Seale, 72, was convicted in June on federal charges of kidnapping and conspiracy in the deaths of Charles Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee.

People gathered at the Mount Soledad Cross Monday to remember this nation's fallen soldiers. The symbol has fueled a seventeen year legal battle. KPBS Reporter Joanne Faryon explains, the cross's ardu

More than 40 years ago, two black hitchhikers were found dead in Mississippi. Thursday, a reputed Ku Klux Klan member — James Ford Seale — will be charged with kidnapping, but not murder.