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Voting Rights: Time For Biden To “Be This Generation’s LBJ”

Photo: Twitter In America, of all places, your right to vote shouldn’t depend on where you live. But states where…

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign

Poor People’s Campaign Starts 27-Mile Moral March for Democracy

Special To The Black Star News2 years ago08 mins

Georgetown, Texas – Over 40 organizations led by the Texas Poor People’s Campaign (and Rev. William Barber shown above) completed…

Monday, July 26, the Poor People’s Campaign will join partners around the nation to take the fight for democracy to the home off

Poor People’s Campaign Announces Monday March For Voting Rights

Special To The Black Star News2 years ago03 mins

Photo: Event Flyer The following is an announcement from the Poor People’s Campaign who on Monday, July 26, will be…

Joe Manchin, the apparent leader of the Vichy Democrats, believes that the Lewis VRA is the best way to address the Jim Crow–sty

GOP Voter Suppression: Democrats Losing Voting Rights Fight

Special To The Black Star News2 years ago03 mins

Photo: YouTube Democrats– facing internal obstruction from conservative Democrats, like Sen. Joe Manchin, above—are failing in the war against Republican…

John Lewis nearly died in the struggle to pass the national Voting Rights Act

Texas Democrats Following John Lewis’ Example By Getting Into “Good Trouble” To Stop Republican Voter Suppression

Ben Jealous2 years ago07 mins

Photos: YouTube One year after the death of the great civil rights icon John Lewis, a group of Texas Democratic…

Senate Rules Committee held a rare field hearing in Atlanta, Georgia focused on the state’s new restrictive voting laws introduc

Civil Rights Leaders: US. Senate Must Pass For the People Act

Special To The Black Star News2 years ago05 mins

ATLANTA — Today, the Senate Rules Committee held a rare field hearing in Atlanta, Georgia focused on the state’s new…

Black women leaders were arrested Thursday during a march on the U.S. Senate as they were protesting bills around the country st

Black Women Arrested During Voting Rights March At Congress

Special To The Black Star News2 years ago01 mins

Photo: Black News Channel Black women leaders were arrested Thursday during a march on the U.S. Senate as they were…

Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered a speech on voting rights in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center.

President Biden’s Voting Rights Speech Is A Call To Rise To The “Urgency Of This Moment”

SPLC2 years ago06 mins

Photos: YouTube\Twitter MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Tuesday, President Joe Biden delivered a speech on voting rights in Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center….