JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Judge in New York Drops Claims in Shepard Fairey vs. Associated Press Obama ‘HOPE’ Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP).- A judge has dismissed copyright lawsuits between an artist who created the Barack Obama “HOPE” image and The Associated Press but has left a March trial date in place for related claims between the news service and companies that sold …
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Says It is Time to Build Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Iconic Barack Obama Change Poster by Shepard Fairy to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A pencil screen print of the iconic Barack Obama Change poster designed by American contemporary artist and graphic designer, Shepard Fairey, in support of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, is to be sold at Bonhams as part of its Urban …
Founder of Chicago’s DuSable Museum Dies
By: Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP).- A founder of one of the oldest African-American history museums in the country has died. A spokesman for the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Raymond Ward, says Margaret Burroug…
Jean-Michel Basquiat Show at Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris Fetes His 50th Birthday
PARIS (AP).- At the end of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s short life, the explosively talented but troubled New York artist had a dream — to stage a major exhibit of his eyepopping, doodle-covered work in Paris. Nearly 50 years after his birth, and 22 yea…
Oval Office Makeover to Debut in President Obama’s Iraq Speech
WASHINGTON (AP).- When President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Iraq Tuesday night, his Oval Office setting will be sporting a new look — and one that pays homage to Martin Luther King Jr. and four previous presidents. While the president an…
Trial Date Set in Associated Press-Shepard Fairey Dispute in NYC
NEW YORK (AP).- A March trial date was set Monday to decide whether the artist who created the Barack Obama “HOPE” image violated The Associated Press’ copyright when he based the image on one of the news agency’s pictures. U.S. District Judge Alvin K….
Photographer and Associated Press Drop Claims Against Each Other
NEW YORK (AP).- A photographer who took a picture that the Barack Obama “HOPE” image was based on dropped his claim Friday that he owns the copyright to the photograph, instead of The Associated Press. The AP also dropped its claim against him. The sti…
President Obama Forcefully Endorses Mosque Near Ground Zero
WASHINGTON (AP).- President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed allowing a mosque near ground zero, saying the country’s founding principles demanded no less. “As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practic…