President Biden's lawsuit against Georgia's election system that he called "Jim Crow 2.0" is facing calls to be dropped by ...
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether a Mississippi law banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting should be overturned. The Jim Crow-era practice extends to ...
ABC 33/40 is taking time to honor the achievements and legacies of African Americans for Black History Month.Each day we will ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era practice of removing voting rights from people convicted ... must decide whether to change the laws, the 5th ...
Since becoming president, Donald Trump has issued a record number of executive orders. Several aim to dismantle federally funded initiatives based on the idea that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” ...
He attempted to register to vote at the Decatur courthouse in Mississippi ... among them Medgar Evers. Evers fought against Jim Crow laws, protested segregation and launched an investigation into the ...
The class action suit was brought in 2018 by six Mississippi men - including white and Black plaintiffs - who lost the right to vote even ... what were called Jim Crow laws.
Voting rights experts say Mississippi’s ... Court declined to consider was whether the “taint” of a Jim Crow-era law could be “cured” by later amendments that removed burglary from ...
On Town Meeting Day this year, Brattleboro, along with six other Vermont towns, will have the opportunity to vote to declare itself an Apartheid-Free Community. That pledge, which originated with ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to Mississippi's lifetime ban on voting by people convicted of a ... including Mississippi using what were called Jim Crow laws ...
and extending voting rights to Black men — a backlash emerged in Jim Crow laws. These laws enforced segregation and disenfranchisement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often justified ...
In this Caprock Chronicles series, attorneys Chuck Lanehart and Dwight McDonald explore a shameful part of Lubbock's past - ...