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Tag: Jim Crow laws

This African-American female legal mastermind, pictured with Thurgood Marshall, drafted what would become the argument for Brown v. Board. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

FRANKLIN: Brown vs. Board, 70 Years Later

by WI Web EditorJune 18, 2024June 18, 2024

The Brown vs. Board of Education decision of 1954 changed the social landscape in America, but recent setbacks in the sociopolitical environment have led to the gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the gutting of Affirmative Action.

Blacks enjoy a day at the beach in segregated America. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

Beaches Provide Refuge for Blacks During Jim Crow Era

by WI Guest AuthorMarch 4, 2020December 21, 2021
Ruby Bridges speaks onstage at Glamour's 2017 Women of The Year Awards at Kings Theatre on November 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Glamour)
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman, Op-Ed, Opinion

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Lessons from Ruby Bridges

by WI Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2018October 31, 2020
Officials in Jefferson County, Georgia, are accused of voter suppression after preventing a bus from taking a group of Black senior citizens to vote on Oct. 15. (Screen grab courtesy of Black Voters Matter)
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: History Will Not Look Kindly on 21st-Century Jim Crow

by WI Guest AuthorOctober 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy still affects multitudes of people around the world. (Courtesy of Democracy Now)
Posted inInternational

AFRICA NOW: MLK Legacy Lives On in Africa

by Lauren M. PoteatJanuary 18, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

Deconstructing Reconstruction in the Aftermath of Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights and Dallas

by Dr. Julianne MalveauxJuly 18, 2016October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Jim Crow-Era Shooting Revisited in New Documentary

by Washington InformerJanuary 2, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

Obama’s One-Sided Responsibility Lecture

by NNPAFreddieMarch 3, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

The Jim Crow Impulse

by NNPAFreddieMarch 3, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion

Blacks Have More Reasons to be Fearful than Whites

by Dr. Julianne MalveauxFebruary 24, 2014October 30, 2020

JPMorgan Chase & Co and The Washington Informer are happy to have provided articles on financial education during 2023.

Please give us your comments on the content and also tell us if there are any topics you would like us to cover in 2024.

Email to rburke@washingtoninformer.com   


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