By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In Klobuchar and her colleagues’ attempt to save local news from tech behemoths like Google, Facebook, and […]
Tag: Civil Rights
Posted inThis Week
Black Residents in Corpus Christi File a Civil Rights Complaint to Stop Texas’ First Desalination Plant
By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News Originally Appeared in the Texas Tribune Since 2007, Hillcrest residents have sued to challenge plans for a sewage treatment plant in their neighborhood, and […]
Posted inEducation
Civil Rights Leader & Ambassador Andrew Young added to 2022 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Ambassador Andrew Young, one of the nation’s most iconic civil rights leaders and aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will join the 2022 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction […]
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The Social Crisis, Black Folks and the Economy
By John E. Warren, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint It appears that we continue to live in Charles Dickens “A Tale of Two Cities”. He wrote these words: […]
Posted inAmerican Criminal Justice
Mississippi Team Uncovers Arrest Warrant for White Woman Who Lied About Emmett Till
A warrant for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham — identified as “Mrs. Roy Bryant” on the document — was discovered last week by searchers inside a file folder that […]
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NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National GOTV Campaign Targeting 10 Million More Black Voters
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – […]
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Roe Decision Could Spur Massive Voter Turnout During Midterms
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice […]
Posted inFeatures, Uncategorized, Women, Women's History Month Special Edition
Diane Ragsdale: A lifetime of Community Organizing in South Dallas
Interview by Keri Mitchell She grew up in Wheatley Place, where she still resides in her family’s home, and attended the Phyllis Wheatley School down the street before moving to […]
Posted inPolitics,
Biden Signs Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Bill into Law
Named after Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American savagely murdered by a group of white men in Mississippi in 1955, the legislation received push back from three Republicans – Andrew […]
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Lawyer’s Committee Calls Judge Jackson a Fair-Minded Jurist Committed to Civil Rights and Justice for All
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia On the morning of the Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil […]