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Black Women Mobilizing for 2016 Vote

September 18, 2015

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 and re-energize Black women voters. The partnership hopes to raise the profile of the already-powerful Black women’s vote. In the 2008 and 2012 elections, Black women had […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Women Voters, Black Womens Roundtable, Campaign, Essence Magazine, Jazelle Hunt, Voting Rights Act VRA

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Proof that the Supreme Court Got it Wrong in Shelby

May 1, 2015

By George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist May 1, 2015   George E. Curry, NNPA Columnist     When the Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act nearly two years ago in Shelby County v. Holder, many of us suspected that Chief Justice John Roberts in particular was distorting the severity […]

Popular Interests In This Article: George E. Curry, MAY 1 2015, Shelby County, Supreme Court, VOL. 25 NO. 16, Voting Rights Act VRA

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Legislation

March 20, 2015

By Aubrey Koski March 20, 2015       Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 speech urging Congress to enact voting rights legislation.   President Johnson’s speech, delivered before Congress on March 15, 1965, culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the nation’s hallmark Civil Rights legislative […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lynn Adelman, MARCH 20 2015, MARCH 6 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 10, Voting Rights, Voting Rights Act VRA, Wade Henderson

Anniversary of Selma March Rekindles Ferguson Comparisons

March 13, 2015

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press March 13, 2015   In this March 13, 1965 file photo, a line of police officers hold back demonstrators who attempted to march to the courthouse in Selma, Ala. Police kept the demonstrators hemmed up in a square block area where they attempted several times to break through. (AP […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Anniversary, Black Lives Matter, Bloody Sunday, Civil Rights, Ferguson MO, MARCH 13 2015, Selma March, Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC, VOL. 25 NO. 9, Voting Rights Act VRA

The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration for Older Black Voters

February 19, 2015

By Nate Cohn, The New York Times February 20, 2015   A man held a Confederate flag as demonstrators, including one with a sign saying "More than 300,000 Negroes Are Denied Vote in Ala," marched in front of an Indianapolis hotel where George Wallace, the governor of Alabama, was staying in April 1964. Credit Bob […]

Popular Interests In This Article: FEBRUARY 20 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 6, Voter Registration, Voting Rights Act VRA



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