Sentences with phrase «race couple in»

The Irish - Ethiopian actor gives an Oscar - worthy performance in Jeff Nichols» film about the effects of Jim Crow racism on a mixed - race couple in 1950s Virginia

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The US stood alone in the world for the harshness of its anti-miscegenation laws, which not only prohibited racially mixed marriages, but also threatened mixed - race couples with severe criminal punishment.

The press release on Race Together bizarrely leads with the subheading «It began with one voice,» painting Howard Schultz as a visionary progressive for daring to discuss race — something others, especially people of color, haven't exactly been silent on in recent months or the last couple centuries.&raRace Together bizarrely leads with the subheading «It began with one voice,» painting Howard Schultz as a visionary progressive for daring to discuss race — something others, especially people of color, haven't exactly been silent on in recent months or the last couple centuries.&rarace — something others, especially people of color, haven't exactly been silent on in recent months or the last couple centuries.»

When American Pharoah crossed the finish line at the Kentucky Derby, he earned more than the most coveted title in horse racing, he earned another couple million to his name.

In the past week, a series of moves by the campaign, coupled with some striking numbers about his place in the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcIn the past week, a series of moves by the campaign, coupled with some striking numbers about his place in the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcin the race, point to the fact that Gingrich is entering a new phase in his presidential quest: the death marcin his presidential quest: the death march.

Apple's stock rebounded within a couple months, once again surpassing the $ 100 mark in late July, and has been off to the races ever since.

Of the six race tracks in the game, a couple camp you in beautifully recreated city streets.

The fourth - quarter 2010 earnings season took off to the races on Friday as JPMorgan Chase reported a 47 % boost in earnings over Q4 2009, thus confirming analysts» expectations for a positive shift in the finance sector's fortunes after a rough couple of years.

Just this year a black couple was not allowed to marry in a church due to their race.

As a mixed - race couple it has become clear that there are «mixed» feeling about our presence in church.

CNN: Church that barred black wedding affirms commitment to equal treatment A Mississippi church that wouldn't allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary because of the couple's race appears to be trying to right a wrong, as officials with the church's denomination decried the incident.

There were outward differences among the couples on the floor — different races, different gender combinations, etc. — but the central message of the moment was that the «sameness» is in the love — hence the song, «Same Love.»

The government need not care if these religious unions are restricted to opposite sex couples, or same race couples, or even if they allow people to join their mail box, or other inanimate objects, in holy matrimony.

A couple of weak mea culpas, a bit of mild self - deprication, and * pop * off to the races in attack mode.

When parents in a society with race lines look with apprehension upon the marriage of their child to a person of a different race, they have in view the indignities and disabilities which the unjust society will visit upon the couple and upon their children and their children's children.

In light of actual employment practices, the black conservative rhetoric about race - free hiring criteria (usually coupled with a call for dismantling affirmative action mechanisms) does no more than justify actual practices of racial discrimination.

(CNN)- A Mississippi church that wouldn't allow a black couple to marry in its sanctuary because of the couple's race appears to be trying to right a wrong, as officials with the church's denomination decried the incident.

Indeed, the overwhelming majority of scientific discoveries in the history of the human race have occurred in the last couple of centuries.

Jesus healed a few just to show off and prove he easily could keep the entire human race perfectly healthy, but he hasn't been doing much miracling in the last couple thousand years.

I'd love to know in what areas you see that, because while I certainly agree that in many ways the human race differs from the Bible's standards of right and wrong, I really don't see that there's been much change over the last couple thousand years — certainly not since the time of the Greeks, when we start having our first comprehensive records outside the Bible.

He mass - murders the entire human race but for a few on a couple different occasions, sends in his hit - men angels to level a couple towns, and is going to eternally torture everyone who does not kiss his behind exactly how he wants it done.

Doc Vestibule, I think there are quite a few mixed - race married couples in the Church of LDS.

I have read a lot about how a keto diet could be beneficial for endurance athletes like me who race long - distance triathlons (Olympic and Half - Ironman distances), and I have already experienced this during my training sessions over this past couple of weeks, as I started doing some fasting and training in a fasted state: my energy levels are just never - ending, I can bike or run for hours, and there is no «hitting the wall» feeling anymore!

The Mucke Motorsport team has raced with pink cars in the DTM for the last couple of years thanks to their association with the same sponsor, and this year will see the pink BWT - liveries expand into the German Formula 4 and GT championships as well.

The Japanese have long been big on such Western sports as baseball, golf, bowling and even horse racing (for the past couple of years they have been top bidders at thoroughbred sales in the U.S. and Britain), but now they may have gone one step too far toward sports insanity: they have taken up baton twirling.

MotoGP has been unbelievably close for a couple of years now and if the first race in Qatar is anything to go by, then 2018 is going to be one incredible season.

Of course, he still deserves criticism (as would any driver), because his performances in the last couple of races have been completely awful.

A couple of races earlier in Monaco, Jenson Button's front wing was obliterated in FP1 when a drain cover was flicked up by Nico Rosberg, who also suffered a puncture in the incident.

Coupled with Oklahoma's loss to Iowa State earlier in the day, the Horned Frogs sit alone atop the conference and have to be pleased with their standing in the very, very early stages of the College Football Playoff race.

A couple of fellows who own the largest share of stock in Aqueduct (known in the trade as «Footsore Downs») claim they are being frozen out of racing, and they keep muttering ugly words like «socialism.»

One racing season he spent his spare time studying German, and in the last couple of years he has been learning Norwegian, his coach's native language.

I can only recall a couple of foot races he has been dragged in to.

Bomarito charged through from sixth to second in the race and had to get creative to pass a couple of Porsche 962s - the second of which was being driven by none other than McLaren team principal Zak Brown.

Ernesto Valverde will have to take the lead on it if the alleged poor morale is a genuine issue, as with Barcelona going so well this season with a commanding lead in the La Liga title race coupled with their ongoing hunt for the Copa del Rey and Champions League, there is still a lot on the line this year.

Arsenal's win over the weekend now coupled with Aston Villa's shocking defeat now have Arsene's men only three points behind in their race for the final Champions League slot.

He got two hits the first two times up, drove in a couple runs; we were off to the races.

He managed a couple of slightly lucky podiums and a 5th place, while Lehto got another chance in the other car thanks to Schumacher's two - race ban.

Things went quiet for a little while, but a couple of weeks later da Costa (who won in 2012) was confirmed for the race, and that's when things ramped up.

If Walcot gets a couple of games to get his form up he can be a really useful weapon in this race — plus for some reason it always seems to awaken Giroud — which is added bonus!

The drivers start to arrive in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol cars.

Definitely I hope these new regs bring back a bit the fighting spirit and racing spirit and that is something we find out in the first couple of races.»

The luckless Abt was disqualified from his first win in Hong Kong a couple of races ago because some parts of his car had the wrong barcode on, even though it gave him no advantage whatsoever, and yet here's a team which did gain by making a potentially illegal alteration to some safety equipment and effectively got away with it.

The first couple of races have definitely indicated we're in for a tight battle this season between Mercedes and Ferrari.

«So there's a lot of different new and unique things going on in the sport and in the series that I think will draw eyeballs to it, will bring sponsors into it, and when you look at an IndyCar race, too, from a television perspective, it fits really nicely in a couple ‑ hour window, which I think is something that's different, and I think it's a selling point on our behalf.»

However, Marseille appear to have moved ahead in the race to sign the Frenchman on a free transfer and are set to offer a him a pay - as - you - play deal given his wretched injury record over the last couple of seasons.

For me, there are a couple of aspects on which the team has improved this season, which has pushed Arsene Wenger's side upwards in the race for the title.

Coupled with Florida's come - from - behind win over Arizona, the Devils are three points ahead of the Panthers in the race for the second wild - card spot in the Eastern Conference with seven games left in the regular season.

A couple of days before last weekend's big horse race, a sports announcer on WCBS in New York did something he probably should not have.

A couple weeks ago, a Belgian cyclist riding in one of the «Monument» races in cycling, Paris - Roubaix, just fell over and crashed...... dead.

Hope we wont fall behind like 10 points to the leaders by January so we can sign a couple of players and straight back in the title race.