Category: Diaspora News
Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, Detroit Caucus condemn TN redistricting in wake of SCOTUS ruling • Michigan Advance
The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus and Detroit Caucus sent a joint press release condemning the congressional map adopted by the Tennessee Legislature that would split…
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Tennessee redistricting debate marked by fiery oratory about Black struggles for voting rights • Tennessee Lookout
During separate hours-long debates on redistricting in the Tennessee House and Senate on Thursday, Democrats delivered fiery oratory, often invoking the decades-long struggles of Black…
Here’s How Milwaukee Black Media Trust Is Shaking Up The City’s Media Scene
Wisconsin’s oldest Black newspaper and two Black radio stations in the city are coming together being under a new community ownership structure formed with the…
Black Disenfranchisement Has Not Been This Intense Since Jim Crow
By Austin C. McCoy This article was originally published by Truthout The federal government is carrying forward a white nationalist backlash to the mass uprisings…
Alabama's voter redistricting: She was only 8 at Selma's Bloody Sunday. Now, 'we are back …
Shomari Figures and other Black, Democratic officials in Alabama hosted a town U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (from left), Rep. Anthony Daniels, Sheyann … Source link
Georgia candidates discuss Black community concerns
Left to right: Khadijah Robinson, Dr. Everton Blair Jr, Mo Ivory, Jason Esteves, and Dawn Montgomery. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice Three Georgia political…
Fighting to Preserve Memphis’ and Tennessee’s Black Vote
Dear Friend, This week, I spent two days in Nashville in an effort to prevent the General Assembly from disenfranchising the Black voters of Tennessee’s…
Conference of Black law enforcement leaders focus on action during turbulent political times
The 50th anniversary of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives is being celebrated across the U.S. this year. In Atlanta, Renée Hall, national…
Why is prom so important in the Black community?
Lawrence Central High School student Ja’Via Johnson knew she wanted to wear something lavender, with a corset and fluffy train, to her senior prom. In…
