Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.
Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1951 when a bomb was placed under their home in Mims.
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Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—and It Looks a Lot Like Neo-ApartheidApartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African–born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern ...
Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains ...
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is back in the headlines amid attempts to keep noncitizens from ...
Research suggests up to 34% of voting-age women don't have documents proving citizenship with their current legal name.
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13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights MovementIn this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
Charles Cobb Jr. played an integral role in getting Black people registered to vote during the Mississippi Freedom Summer ...
February, a month of remembrance and a month of reflection on how African Americans shaped the history of America. We take a ...
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