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NAACP Mourns the loss of former Congressman John Conyers

The late Rep. Conyers. Photo: Wikimedia commons. The NAACP has lost a life-long friend, and the nation has lost a fervent champion for equal ...

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SPEAKER PELOSI AND CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS COMMEMORATE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORCED ARRIVAL OF AFRICAN SLAVES

[400th Anniversary of African Slaves] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “We thank the Congressional Black Caucus, the conscience of the Congress, for bringing together leaders ...

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Urban League President Morial: “We Must Not Let Our Guard Down” Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump’s Bigoted Census Citizenship Question

[Supreme Court] Trump’s xenophobic attempt to add citizenship question was temporarily stopped because of what Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts called “contrived reasons.” ...

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There Are Folks Who Don’t Want Black People Counted — Let’s Defeat Agenda to Sabotage 2020 Census

Marc H. Morial. The youth are our present and future and must be counted. Photo: Facebook.   This is how Member of Congress Lacy ...

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National Urban League’s “Enough Is Enough” Come Out and Vote! Campaign

Dr. King paid the highest price for Voting Rights. Time to register and to vote. Photo–Flickr. As a young woman in the early 1960s ...

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Understanding Trump and Contemporary American Racism; Follow the History

Donald Trump. Bigotry now in vogue. Photo: Gage Skidmore–Flickr. In April 1990 NOI Minister Louis Farrakhan said: “We must never underestimate the blindness that ...

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K.K.K.-Sympathizer Jeff Sessions Escalates His War on Black America

Sessions. Photo: Gage Skidmore-Flickr [Speaking Truth To Power] The Trump Administration and the Jeff Sessions Justice Department have decided they will force federal prosecutors ...

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Why States Reject Trump’s Repugnant Voter Scheme

President Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore-Flickr It was clear from the moment it was announced that the federal “Election Integrity Commission” was nothing more than ...

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CALL REPUBLICAN SENATORS NOW TO REJECT SEN. SESSIONS FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL POST

[Message From Democratic National Committee] If you ask House Republicans why they backed down on their attempt to gut Congressional ethics rules, they’ll tell ...

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Friday: Barbara R. Arnwine, Renowned Civil Rights Lawyer Honored

Barbara R. Arnwine Barbara R. Arnwine, president and founder of Transformative Justice Coalition, is internationally renowned for contributions on critical justice issues including the ...