During that time, Branch Rickey tested Robinson's ability to deal with racial pressure he would face in the major league.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

In nineteen eighty-five, he led the congressional effort to order economic restrictions on South Africa because of its racial separation policy.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Within around thirty years the Census Bureau expects racial and ethnic minorities to form the majority of America's population.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

He said the world knows of her because of a single act of bravery that struck a deadly blow to racial hatred.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Zora was born at a time of racial tensions between blacks and whites in the southern United States.

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She said the greatest change she witnessed was the ending of racial segregation laws in the United States.

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She noted that racial and ethnic minorities were less likely to have insurance and less likely to get the treatments they needed.

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Many blacks also rejected Hurston's political ideas and her support for racial separation laws in the South.

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I have a dream today." A march on Washington had brought about two hundred fifty thousand people to demand racial equality and freedom.

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"I do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging."

VOA: special.2009.07.18

His decisive victory over Republican Senator John McCain brought down the last racial barrier in American politics.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

Finally,the United States Supreme Court ruled that racial separation in the Montgomery bus system was unconstitutional.

VOA: special.2011.01.17

However,after three years, Robinson was dismissed from the army because he objected to a racial order.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

As a young reporter, he covered racial tensions in the South during the civil rights movement.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He sought to end racial separation laws and other discrimination against African-Americans in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

The local newspaper described what happened: "Sometimes the human spirit rises above itself, above racial prejudice. " Another incident became famous around the world.

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