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Shirley Sherrod, Ousted USDA Official: Where Is She Now?

Shirley Sherrod was just one of a host of people who momentarily grabbed the spotlight in 2010 and dominated a news cycle or two while getting their 15 minutes of fame. In this series, AOL News is checking in on these newsmakers and giving them a 16th minute. Shirley Sherrod Made News in 2010 When She: Was forced to...

Juan Williams Has Company: 11 Famous Politically Correct Firings

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly identified Joe Jervis as the aide to Saxby Chambliss who was fired over a comment left on the blog JoeMyGod.com. In fact, Mr. Jervis is the author of the blog, and the man to whom Chambliss issued an apology over the message. Surge Desk regrets the error. (Oct....

E-mails Shed Light Vilsack's Decision to Oust Sherrod

WASHINGTON (Oct. 8) -- Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod pleaded with officials to hear her out after she was ousted from the USDA during a racial firestorm in July, internal e-mails show. Sherrod's pleas reached Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's e-mail soon after he ordered her dismissed from the...

Shirley Sherrod to Meet With USDA About Job Offer

EPES, Ala. (Aug. 22) --Former USDA official Shirley Sherrod says she is meeting with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday to discuss a new job offer. Sherrod was forced to resign last month after a conservative blogger posted excerpts from a March speech depicting her as racist. The NAACP and others,...

Opinion: Racial Pride, or Racism?

(Aug. 4) -- The recent skirmish between the NAACP and the Tea Party, along with the complicated case of Shirley Sherrod, brought new attention to uncomfortable old questions about racism and double standards. Many conservatives -- including several callers to my radio show -- made the case that the unapologetic...

Shirley Sherrod News From the Web

05/20/12 WEB HOAX: Even experts get bitten by rumor bug Source: The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY When we see ads on TV, we know they're there to sell to us; we know they have a persuasive goal, he said.
05/06/12 WEB HOAX: Even experts get bitten by rumor bug Source: The Courier-Journal - Louisville KY When we see ads on TV, we know they're there to sell to us; we know they have a persuasive goal, he said.
05/01/12 Moms, daughters to graduate at ASU Source: The Albany Herald - Albany GA It's the countdown to Saturday's commencement at Albany State University.
04/26/12 Louisiana congressmen say EPA official's rhetoric went... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA Two U.S. House members from Louisiana said Thursday that a high-ranking Environmental Protection Agency official should give up his job after release of a 2010 video in which he suggested the agency "crucify" pollution law violators to deter others.
03/31/12 Groups: Fla. shooting stirs extremists Source: The Clare County Review - Clare MI The national conversation over Trayvon Martin's killing is loud and intense.

Background on Shirley Sherrod

On July 19, 2010, Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from her appointed position as Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture because of video excerpts from her address to a March 2010 NAACP event and commentary posted by blogger Andrew Breitbart on his website.

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