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Focuses on several cases of human rights violations committed against African Americans in the 1950s. Impact of the refusal of public school officials in Prince Edward County, Virginia to accept African American students; Role of sawmill operator Edgar Ray Killen in the death of African American civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner; Background on the case of Emmet Till, an African American teenager who was murdered after he was accused of whistling a white woman.

This article focuses on the debate on immigration laws in the U.S. Thousands of illegal immigrants have rallied in Washington, D.C on March 25,2006 calling on the U.S. Congress to give them legal status and citizenship. It is estimated that 850,000 unauthorized immigrants have entered the country since 2000, and more than 11 million of illegal immigrants are presently residing in the U.S. The Congress is currently considering fixing the nation's immigration system. A statement was issued by U.S. President George W. Bush on immigration.