NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Fifty-six years ago, Bloody Sunday marked a turning point in our nation’s civil rights movement. The brutal assault on peaceful civil rights demonstrators...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following a near-decade war against the Voting Rights Act and the undisputable suppression of hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ginsburg ended up with a nickname that started a meme of her in a gold crown emulating an iconic photo from the last...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After the Republican Convention, President Trump has cut into Biden’s lead, and it appears that our president is a man of character. Trump...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even in the darkest of times, we can hear our friend and mentor John Lewis: "Ours is not the struggle of one day,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From marching in the streets to fighting in the halls of Congress, John Lewis literally dedicated his life to the project of making...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court case, which gutted key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 14 states had new voting...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 1965, Lewis and fellow activist Hosea Williams led what was planned as a peaceful 54-mile march through Alabama from Selma to Montgomery....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As a former prosecutor, I understand the importance of holding powerful people accountable. I know that every trial requires fairness and truth. Having...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Conyers, who was the first African American to chair the powerful House Judiciary Committee, also helped spearhead the 1994 Violence against Women Act....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — … people are organizing and attempting to overcome interference by mobilizing the Democratic base of voters. Barbara Arnwine, who founded and leads the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In blocking Trump’s ability to add a citizenship question, the court has ensured that voting rights for people of color are protected, and...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Congressional Democrats are looking to put teeth back in the Voting Rights Act, six years after the Supreme Court gutted a key enforcement...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Why are so many so silent, though? These are people who say they love democracy, but their truth is that they love it...
NEW JOURNAL AND GUIDE — Noted civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis closed out Women’s HERstory Month recognizing The Links, Incorporated as a distinguished organization of outstanding...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the past five years, 15 states and the District of Columbia have adopted automatic voter registration (AVR). Three states — Connecticut, Utah,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the national ACLU, the Texas Civil Rights Project, Demos, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — 50 year serves as a great opportunity to look back and see how far race in America has come and according to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Ms. Rosanell Eaton was the 97-year-old matriarch in our four-year successful court fight against voter suppression, from 2013 to 2016,” Rev. Dr. William...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent forum on the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2016 The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) is thrilled to embark on a new community engagement partnership with Airbnb...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Election day November 8, 2016 will be the first Presidential election in 50 years without the full...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 2016 election cycle ramps up, Essence magazine and the Black Women’s Roundtable have teamed up to mobilize...
