OP-ED: Selma and Shelby: The Fight for Voting Rights
What time is it? It’s important to be clear. Is it mid-day and our labors still have hours to go? Or is it evening, our work done, and we can rest our weary heads? <p> What time is it...
View ArticleOP-ED: Three Generations of a Family Continue the Fight for Voting Rights
By Tasha Ellis Have you ever believed that you can change the world? Have you believed that you could help to eradicate injustice? Growing up in a family that was heavily involved in the Civil Rights...
View ArticleActivists Fight for Voting Rights In North Carolina: “This Is Our Selma”
Arguments began this week in federal court in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in N.C. NAACP v. McCrory, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the most restrictive voting law in the nation....
View ArticleOP-ED: Will South Carolina Become a Leader of the New South?
On Friday, the Confederate battle flag came down on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. This symbolic, long overdue gesture has significant meaning. The flag celebrated the sedition, slavery and...
View ArticleVoting Rights Restored to Thousands of Californians
By withdrawing a challenge to the voting rights of the formerly incarcerated that was taken up by his predecessor, Secretary of State Alex Padilla this week sent the nation a message that California...
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On Its 50th Anniversary, the Voting Rights Act Is Under Full-Blown Attack
By: Peniel E. Joseph, The Root The national commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act takes place against the backdrop of a devastating full-scale assault on the civil rights...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act
By Ryan Reilly and Samantha Lachman, Huffington Post A federal appeals court on Wednesday found that Texas’ strict voter identification law violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in a victory...
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Post Publisher Calls for National Voter Registration Mobilization
Fifty years ago, Post Publisher Paul Cobb went South to join the fight for voter registration and engage in Civil Rights activity, taking a stand on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. He became...
View ArticleKamala D. Harris Backs Bill to Expand Voting Rights
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris is backing Assembly Bill 2466 would ensure state law reflects a recent Superior Court ruling restoring voting rights to individuals serving time under community...
View ArticleNew Report Reviews Voting Rights Problems During 2016 Primary Election Season
Election Protection, the nation’s largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), this week released, “The 2016 Primaries...
View ArticleYouth Report on Voter Registration Drive
Dolores Huerta, Congresswoman Barbara Lee and youth of the Martin Luther king Jr Freedom Center participated in a well-attended Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center report back of the center’s summer...
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