[2020 Elections\Rep. James Clyburn]
Clyburn’s endorsement, and the response of Black voters, has put Biden on what appears to be an inevitable path to the Democratic nomination.
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Voting Rights
CLYBURN’S ENDORSEMENT OF BIDEN DEMONSTRATES POWER OF BLACK VOTE
ACLU PRAISES NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR MURPHY’S SIGNING OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL FOR PEOPLE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE
[New Jersey\Voting Rights]
ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha:”People who have been disenfranchised in every sense of the word have regained their most fundamental power in a democracy, thanks to Gov. Murphy’s signature and the leadership of the legislative sponsors.”
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STACEY ABRAMS ENLISTS SUPPORT OF JOURNALIST GREG PALAST IN FEDERAL VOTER SUPPRESSION LAWSUIT
[Voter Suppression News\Stacey Adams lawsuit]
Stacey Abrams’ non-profit Fair Fight has retained the Palast Investigations team experts to provide court testimony, based on our six years of investigation, in Fair Fight’s federal lawsuit to overturn Georgia’s massive, racially-biased purge of voters.
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CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CELEBRATES FORMER CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS THE “CONSCIENCE OF THE CONGRESS”
[Congressional Black Caucus Commemorates John Conyers]
“Just four days after the assassination of Dr. King, Congressman Conyers introduced a bill to create a federal holiday in his honor and reintroduced the bill every year for 15 years until it was signed into law. Mr. Conyers continued his pursuit of voting rights in Congress as a lead co-sponsor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965… Mr. Conyers also championed the issue of reparations by introducing a bill to establish a commission to study the issue of slavery and race relations in America, which he fought for consideration every year.”
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FANNIE LOU HAMER’S SPEECH AT 1964 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: BLACKS FACE POLICE VIOLENCE TRYING TO VOTE
[Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer]
Fannie Lou Hamer, in 1964: “I question America. Is this America, the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we have to sleep with our telephones off the hooks because our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings, in America?”
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NEW VOTING RIGHTS AND INTEGRITY COALITION “SEAN” LAUNCHES TODAY
[Voting Rights News]
Newly launched voter modernization advocacy group Secure Elections for America Now (SEAN) pledges to fight to “ensure election integrity.”
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