Greene's 6 1/2 minute speech at the local NAACP's monthly meeting was mostly serious. Left out was any mention of his suggestion earlier this month that creating a line of action figures modeled after him could give South Carolinians jobs.

Blackwell died of natural causes at a hospital on July 8, University of California, Berkeley officials said. He was the first tenured black professor at the campus, where he taught for nearly 35 years.

Oil from BP's blown out well is again seeping into the Gulf of Mexico, but this time, more slowly and scientists aren't convinced the cap that stopped the flow last week is making things worse.

A billboard created by an Iowa tea party group that compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is drawing sharp criticism — even from fellow tea party activists who have condemned it as offensive and a waste of money.

The NAACP opposes the jury's verdict of involuntary manslaughter regarding the 2009 New Year's Eve shooting of a 22 year old young man by BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer in Oakland, CA.

Leaders of the country's largest civil rights organization accused Tea Party activists last Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resolution condemning racism within the political movement.