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Checking for earthquake damage finished the job. theres no word yet on how much the repairs will cost or when the monument will reopen to visitors. we learned today of the passing of a civil rights pioneer, the reverend fred shuttlesworth. in the 50s and 60s he survived a bomb attack, was beaten and blasted with fire hoses as a freedom marcher and he was arrested dozens of times. a 1961 cbs documentary described him as the man most feared most by southern racists. reverend shuttlesworth died thi...

Daughter of a diplomat used her cunning and grace to keep and make peace despite so much around her trying to stir the plot. for example, when iman people in the industry wanted to pit her against the first black model on "vogues" cover, beverly johnson, iman shocked everyone, including johnson. >> at the moment, though, you were not just an agent of change four, but almost as if you made a conscious decision for everybody, every black model in the industry that if im going to make certain gains...

That this didnt mean anything to me. and i never understood it, because when they started pitting me against beverly johnson, who was the top -- and they keep on saying "black model", but one of the top models of her time. i had a conversation with her, because we were in italy and she was working for bazaar italyia and i was working for "vogue" italia. and they wanted me to stay an extra day to shoot another five pages or something. and i said i couldnt, but i said, beverly johnson is here. and...

Showstoping catwalk model known simply as iman proved that you dont have to be mean to get ahead is quite the contrary. she used her cunning intuition and grace to make and keep peace, despite so much around her trying to stir the pot. for example, when iman sensed that people in the industry wanted to pit her against the first black model on "vogues" cover, beverly johnson, iman shocked everyone, including johnson. at the moment, though, you were not just an agent of change for you, but its alm...