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USDA worker in Ga. quits over racism charge for saying she cut short help for white farmer. A black federal worker has resigned from a Georgia agricultural job after a video clip showed her saying she had not helped a farmer as much as she could have because he was white.

Tea Party Express does damage control after spokesman posts blog satirizing NAACP. An official with the Tea Party Express on Monday blasted its expulsion from a national coalition over its refusal to oust a former chairman who satirized the NAACP in a controversial blog posting.

America's "Tea Party" has gained a touch of political legitimacy as the House of Representatives approved the creation of a caucus for the mainly white, anti-big government movement.

Biden says tea party not racist; tea party official says member expelled over 'offensive' blog. The tea party is not a racist group, says Vice President Joe Biden, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views.

Surprise SC Senate candidate finally campaigns, stumping about job creation and education. In his first campaign appearance, South Carolina's surprising U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene avoided any major gaffes Sunday as he hit his three major themes of jobs, education and justice.

US Vice President Joe Biden came to the defense of his political foes in the conservative "Tea Party" movement on Sunday, saying the group is "not a racist organization."

Biden says tea party not racist; tea party official says member expelled over 'offensive' blog. The tea party is not a racist group, says Vice President Joe Biden, though he believes that some of those involved in the movement have expressed racist views.

After years of quiet integration, new school board's plans leave town on edge. In the annals of desegregation, Raleigh is barely a footnote.

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Tea party candidate blasts Ohio Dems for distributing cartoon associating movement with KKK. An Ohio tea party founder is criticizing a Democratic state House staffer for distributing an editorial cartoon depicting a tea party activist wearing Ku Klux Klan robes.

Sharpton, Jackson try to divert attention from NAACP resolution condemning racism in tea party. The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton sought Wednesday to steer attention away from an NAACP resolution condemning racism within the tea party movement, saying focus should remain on jobs and an upcoming march in Washington.

Ariz. sheriff defends immigration law at rally for Kansas Republican who helped write it. An Arizona sheriff known for his tough stance on illegal immigration defended his state's new immigration-enforcement law Tuesday as he stumped for the Kansas secretary of state candidate who helped write it.

California lawmaker ponders turning Michael Jackson ranch into a thriller of a state park. The former home of the King of Pop could become California's latest state park under an idea being floated by a California state lawmaker.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fifty years ago this week, Sammy Davis Jr. was roundly booed during the opening ceremony of the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The incident was one of the saddest moments in the entertainer's life and pointed up the deep racial divide that was threatening to rip apart the Democratic Party and the country.

Michelle Obama touts her initiative to combat childhood obesity at NAACP national convention. A child obesity epidemic fed by fast food, sugary drinks and too much television threatens to create the first generation of American youths who live shorter lives than their parents, Michelle Obama said Monday.

NAACP alleges in letter to BP that minorities helping with oil spill cleanup get tougher jobs. The NAACP has sent a letter to BP expressing concerns that minorities helping to clean up after the massive oil spill tend to be assigned tougher, lower paying jobs than whites.

Black political leaders seek to recapture momentum from 2008 election during NAACP convention. The head of the nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization, fearing a loss of momentum since the 2008 election, plans to use the group's annual convention to get people "off the couch" and re-energized to fight back against a tea party movement that opposes much of President Barack Obama's agenda.

The head of the nation's largest and oldest civil rights organization, fearing a loss of momentum since the 2008 election, plans to use the group's annual convention to get people "off the couch" and renergized to fight back against a tea party movement that opposes much of President Barack Obama's agenda.

LOS ANGELES/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - A white former transit police officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in a videotaped shooting death of an unarmed black man last year in Oakland, California, sparking a wave of looting and destruction in the city on Thursday.