Tag: Discrimination
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Four Facts About San Diego’s Black Baseball Pioneer
(From left) Luke Easter, Artie Wilson and Johnny Ritchey integrated the minor-league San Diego Padres / Photo courtesy of collection of William Swank Professional baseball banned black players from America’s pastime until Jackie Robinson broke the “color line” in 1947. That same year, a local black player named Johnny Ritchey made another kind of history…
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The Quality of a Legal Defense: Does it Matter if You’re Rich or Poor, Black or White?
By Maureen Cavanaugh and Patty Lane Is the quality of legal representation different for someone who is poor and accused of a crime versus someone who can afford their own attorney? Stephen B. Bright of the Southern Center for Human Rights says the civil rights movement has had little effect on the justice system. He…