1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1748+ words) BLACKPRESSUSA OP-ED: Leatha Davis was a teenager when she marched in Selma, survived violent attacks and testified in a federal case that helped clear the way for the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Now 81, she says the fight for voting rights is not…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (165+ words) CHICAGO—Southsiders for Peace will join the nationwide mobilization for “Truth, Equality and Freedom” ahead of America’s 250th anniversary Saturday, June 27. Friends and supporters are invited to join the local activist group at 95th Street and Western Avenue in Evergreen Park from…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (186+ words) From the West Alabama Newsroom– There’s a new tour bus in Selma sharing voting rights history with tourists who visit the historic city. Terry Chestnut of Selma owns and operates Selma Tours. He provides guided tours — detailing the people — places…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (271+ words) Tuesday marks 62 years since Bloody Tuesday, and foot soldiers and community members gathered at Tuscaloosa's First African Baptist Church to commemorate the historic march to the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse for equal rights. Mary Kemp, one of the foot soldiers who…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell speaks at Tabernacle Baptist Church during the National Day of Action for Voting Rights in Selma, Alabama. See a prayer march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the National Day of Action for Voting Rights event held…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (852+ words) Montgomery and Selma were pivotal in the mass Civil Rights Movement between 1955 and 1965 where boycotts and mass demonstrations were utilized to break down legalized segregation and disenfranchisement After the devastating impact of the United States Supreme Court Louisiana v. Callais case…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (354+ words) DEARBORN, Mich. – A landmark of the Civil Rights movement has found a new home in Michigan. The Jackson Home -- relocated from Selma, Alabama, and now more than a century old -- is on display at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, offering visitors…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (558+ words) Community advocates and civic organizations used Florida Emancipation Day to link the state’s history of slavery with modern voting rights battles and a brewing dispute over how seats on the Orange County Commission should be filled. The Immigrants Are Welcome…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (429+ words) Demonstration, held at historic location where the ‘Mississippi Plan’ was enacted, comes as southern states race to dilute Black voting power Section 2 “stopped states, counties, cities, from passing redistricting maps that discriminate against Black voters and it led to the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (625+ words) I asked my Grandma “OG” what she thought about the right to vote, after the U.S. Supreme Court last week effectively stripped away the protections afforded by the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Oralene Simmons, or as I call her, “OG,…...