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Boko Haram Gains Ground And Momentum In A Deeply Divided NigeriaThe Civil Rights Act of 1964: The High Price for America’s RedemptionThe Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad, known by its Hausa name, Boko Haram (“Western education is sinful/forbidden”), continues with its accelerated terror campaign to overthrow the Nigerian government and establish an Islamic state.

Boko Haram Gains Ground And Momentum In A Deeply Divided Nigeria

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: The High Price for America’s Redemption

The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad, known by its Hausa name, Boko Haram (“Western education is sinful/forbidden”), continues with its accelerated terror campaign to overthrow the Nigerian government and establish an Islamic state.

An international corps of military advisers, responding to President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for help in finding 276 girls kidnapped from their school dormitories on April 14, has not staved off bombings, kidnappings and mass killings by Boko Haram, nor has it slowed its acquisition of territory.

Dr. Chika Onyeani, publisher and editor in chief of The African Sun Times, says that complex, deep divisions within Nigeria are working to the advantage of Boko Haram and preventing a cogent response to the crisis.

On this day 50 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, brought to fruition by waves of mass protest.

Leid Stories puts the landmark legislation in sobering perspective. It took 188 years for African Americans to get some measure of redress, and even so, it was a concession. Civil rights are not natural rights.

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