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Ida B. Wells Society

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July 31, 2006

The Race Beat

This is the story of how America awakened to its race problem, of how a nation that longed for unity after World War II came instead to see, hear, and learn about the shocking indignities and injustices of racial segregation in the South—and the brutality used to enforce it.

Article by Hank Klibanoff / Uncategorized

July 31, 1999

Strip-Searched at O’Hare

Reporter Renee Ferguson coolly and convincingly uncovers racial discrimination by immigration agents at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Black women were disproportionately targeted for strip-searches by customs agents, who suspected them of carrying drugs. Customs guidelines were surprisingly vague and contradictory, yet immigration agents inspected black women twice as often as white women and subjected them…

Article by jes5970 / Uncategorized

July 31, 1995

The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, VI

For its disclosure of the links between the region’s rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.

Article by Melvin Claxton / Uncategorized

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