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Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label voting rights. Show all posts
Sunday, September 08, 2024

New Harris-Walz campaign ad shows impact of Project 2025 on Black voters

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The Harris-Walz campaign is using the conservative Project 2025 plan to court Black voters. A new ad Titled “Backwards,” shows how Black A...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

NAACP president: Georgia 'infringing on the right of voters' to participate in election

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The NAACP is calling on the Department of Justice to open an investigation into Georgia's online voter registration removal portal. P...
Sunday, March 03, 2024

NAACP Supports Reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

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On Febrary 29, 2024 Sen. Raphael Warnock (GA) reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill, which the NAACP has sig...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Watch Vice President Harris in a Conversation at the NAACP Annual Convention

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Watch the full remarks by Vice President Harris during a moderated conversation at the NAACP 114th annual convention. A conversation in w...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

Black Louisiana Senate Candidate Burns Confederate Flag in New Campaign Video

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Gary Chambers, a Black U.S. Senate candidate from Louisiana burned a Confederate flag while speaking out against restrictive voting laws ...
Friday, January 21, 2022

"The Black Eagle' Joe Madison ends hunger strike

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Sirius XM radio host Joe Madison , "The Black Eagle" announced the end of his hunger strike after 74 days of protest in order t...
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Stevie Wonder's blunt message to U.S. Senators about voting rights

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Music legend, Stevie wonder posted a video message to his YouTube channel in which he rather blunty expressed his thoughts about the votin...

NAACP President Derrick Johnson's letter to U.S. Senators asking them to pass voting rights reform

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The president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson penned a letter to all U.S. senators on Tuesday stating that it is essential that they approve ...
Monday, January 17, 2022

Kamala Harris Calls On Senate To ‘Do Its Job’ & Pass Voting Rights During MLK Day Address

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Watch Vice President Kamala Harris deliver remarks to the congregation at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church remotely from Washington c...

On MLK Holiday Martin Luther King III calls out U.S. Senate on failure to pass voting rights bills

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On the national observance of Martin Luther King Junior's birthday, his eldest son called out the Senate for its failure so far to pas...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

SPEAKER PELOSI TO JOIN MARTIN LUTHER KING III & FAMILY FOR MLK DAY PRESS CONFERENCE ON VOTING RIGHTS

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On Monday,  the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will join Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and...

Martin Luther King Jr still relevant quote on voting rights and the filibuster

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59 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. made a statement about the minority of senators blocking voting rights and the filibuster that is stil...

The People’s Organization for Progress To Hold March Voting Rights On MLK Birthday In Newark

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A Newark group is planning to hold a march on Saturday, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., in support of voting rights and several s...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Congressional Black Caucus Holds News Conference on Filibuster For Voting Rights

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The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a news conference on voting rights from Capitol Hill. The CBC called on the Senate to change the...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Dr. Bernice King delivers message about commerating the MLK Holiday and voting rights

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Dr. Bernice King, the King Center CEO and daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., offered an explanation of the center's and her family...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Black radio legend Joe Madison goes on hunger strike until Congress passes the voting rights act

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Black radio legend, Joe Madison of SiriusXM Urban View’s Joe Madison Show announced on his program that he’s starting a hunger strike in p...
Wednesday, November 03, 2021

Senate Republicans block John Lewis voting rights bill

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Senate Democrats failed to advance a revised version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act on Wednesday after Republicans blocke...
Monday, November 01, 2021

Schumer to force vote on John Lewis voting rights bill

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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday that he will force a vote this week on a voting rights bill named after the...
Friday, October 29, 2021

NAACP Urges Professional Athletes In Free Agency to Avoid Texas

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In response to the most recent attacks on voting rights and reproductive care, the Association sent an open letter to the National Players...
Sunday, September 12, 2021

Democrats near a compromise on a federal voting rights bill

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Rep. Terri Sewell discussed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and her belief that Democrats are near a deal on Jonathan Capeh...