After the 1870 ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, which barred states from depriving citizens of the right to vote on the basis of race, Southern states began using tactics ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...

A look back at the origins of the Suffrage Movement leading to national voting rights for women, as well as where the Negro Baseball League was conceived and how a tragic loss led to the Amber Alert ...

As we have written, American history ... and human rights for all Americans. This period is often described as the Second Reconstruction. Like the First Reconstruction a century earlier, the federal ...

Shomari Figures won election in November, giving Alabama two Black representatives in its delegation for the first time in history. Alabama is seeking ... accuse Alabama lawmakers of violating the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza has long been a powder keg, and it exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing and abducting people, sparking a crushing ...

Kentucky’s unique history with felony disenfranchisement has left a lasting impact, and this rally aims to reshape the conversation around voting rights restoration. Unlike other Southern states ...

New York's Second Appellate Division found a state law intended to prevent local officials from enacting rules that might suppress people's voting rights because of their race is constitutional, ...

This is the first video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress and the Legal Defense Fund. This video is a collaboration between ...

Laws vary by state, but federal protections and common law are also relevant Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 years. She is an adjunct ...