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Justice Dept. Files Vote Bias Suits in Two States
4
United States Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Division, Voting Rights Act of 1965
Miss. Gets First Black Supreme Court Justice
4
Reuben V. Anderson, Courts (Mississippi)
Tom Bradley Seeks Fourth Term as Mayor of L.A.
4
Tom Bradley; 1917-1998, Los Angeles (Calif.) (Politics and government)
Jackson Reports on Visit with Pope and Groups in Europe
6
Jesse L. Jackson (American clergyman and civil rights activist.); 1941-, Pope John Paul II; 1920-2005, Church and race relations (South Africa, Catholic Church)
Olympic Star Ed Moses Nabbed in L.A. Vice Net
8
Edwin Moses; 1955-., Prostitution, Los Angeles (Calif.) (Moral conditions)
Chicago Archbishop Condemns Racism by Whites and Blacks
31
Joseph L. Bernardin (Cardinal.), Church and race relations
Obituary
36
Dalton L. Baugh
AIDS Victims Pose Threat to Health in Life, Death
37
AIDS (Disease)
Birth Control Pill Use Means More Clinic Visits
37
Pill (Contraceptive)
Violence is Part of Most Burglaries: Study
38
Burglary and burglars, Violence

Natalie Cole Says Her Famous Father's Ghost Guides Her
16
Nat King Cole; 1919?-1965, Natalie Cole, Musicians (Drug use)
Black Revolutionary War Heroes Statue Proposed
18
United States (History, Blacks, Revolution, 1775-1783, Memorials), Washington (D.C.) (Monuments, statues, etc)
Mother Sees Son Put to Death in Electric Chair; a First in Georgia History
22
Roosevelt Green, Annie B. Green, Electrocution (Capital punishment), Capital punishment (Georgia), Criminal justice, Administration of (Georgia)
Coleman, Brown Sentenced to 20 Yrs. for Kidnapping
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Alton Coleman, Debra Brown, Kidnapping
Victims Turning Tables on Crooks with Helpful Laws
23
Victims of crime
D.C. Cop is City's 1st Female Deputy Chief
24
Joyce F. Leland, Women police chiefs, Washington (D.C.) (Police)
Vitamin A Could Help Curb Infant Mortality
25
Vitamin A., Children (Mortality)
Young Moms Will Benefit from New Mentor Program
25
Black single mothers
Number of Caesareans on Rise at Hospitals
25
Cesarean section
Parents Say the 3 R's More Important Than Computers
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Education (Computer use), Basic education, School and the home
More Homework May Not Make Better Students
28
Homework
Swedish Man Gets to Keep Two African Wives
29
Matti Soukka, Interracial marriage, Africans (Sweden), Bigamy
Experts Give Tips on Finding Lasting Love
31
Love
Fla. Officials Probe Kid's Fight that Killed Retarded Six-year-old
38
Torrence Davis, Murder, Mentally handicapped children (Crimes against), Juvenile delinquents and delinquency, West Palm Beach (Fla.) (Crime)
New Council Spurs Reagan to Aid Black Communities
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Council for a Black Economic Agenda
Brock Strolls Into Hall; Williams, Others Left Cold
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Lou Brock; 1939-., National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Leon Spinks Promises to 'get Back to God . . . the Top'.
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Leon Spinks (American boxer.)
Miss. Valley Star Rice Tops USFL Draft List
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Jerry Rice; 1962-., Football, Professional (Draft)
Celebrities Fete Sports Booster Al Patton in L.A.
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Al Patton
Ali's Wife Veronica Inks a Fashion Model Contract
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Veronica Ali
Bob Marley's Mom Will Release Premier Album
56
Cedella Booker
The Cosby Show
56
Cosby show (Television program) (Reviews)
Dynasty
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Dynasty (Television program) (Reviews)
Diahann & Billy Dee Break Taboo of Blacks as Lovers on the TV Screen
58
Diahann Carroll (American singer and actress.), Billy Dee Williams (American actor.)
Prince, Tina Turner Major Picks for 1985 Grammies
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Grammy Awards
Black Artists Suffer from Identity in Videos
62
Blacks in video recordings

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