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Olympic Sprinter Lee Evans, 63, Has a Brain Tumor and No Health Insurance (w/Update)

• January 5, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Exploration and Colonization, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Brain
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Vietnamese San Jose State Student Beaten By San Jose Cops

• October 26, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Education, History, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", 1972, 1976, 2009, African Americans, Alumna, Assault, Baton, Blacks, Brian Kinnard, Campus Activism, Cellphone Video, Constables on Patrol, David Grossi, Dehumanization, Dimitri Masouris, Dow Chemical, Duyen Hoang Nguyen, Frank Jordan, Gabriel Reyes, Greeks, Ho Chi Minh City, Hunter S. Thompson, Jeremy Suftin, Jerome Smith, Jessica Mitford, Johannes Mehserle, John Bunzel, John Carlos, Kenneth Siegel, Knife, Latinos, Major, Markham Hall, Mathematics, Morris Dailey Auditorium, Phuong Ho, Police Brutality, Police Chief Daniel Katz, Police Policy Studies Council, Roger Clark, San Jose State University, September, SJSU, Spartans, Steven Payne Jr., Taser Gun, Tasering, The Bicentennial Year, The Black Panthers, The Hog Farm, The Sixties, Thomas Aveni, Tommie Smith, Video Recording, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Community

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