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Tag: voting rights act of 1965

A crowd of Donald Trump supporters converge on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, ultimately leading to the building being breached and several deaths and numerous injuries. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Compare and Contrast —August 28, 1963 vs. January 6, 2021

by WI Web EditorAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024

Former President Donald Trump’s claim that his inauguration crowd size exceeded that of former President Barack Obama was false, and his recent press conference at Mar-a-Lago in which he claimed to have more people than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington was also inaccurate.

Vice President Kamala Harris talks about the importance of this year’s November general election during the National Urban League convention in northwest D.C. on July 22. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, National, William J. Ford

Advocates: Voting Rights, Especially for Blacks, Remain Under Attack

by William J. FordAugust 3, 2022August 4, 2022
Posted inColumnists

Attacking the Right to Vote Has Been Going on for Years; So Too Must Our Advocacy to Preserve Democracy

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 2022
Posted inMLK Memorial Issue, Supplements

By the Numbers: How the Voting Rights Act Shook the False Supremacy of Black Inferiority

by WI Web EditorJanuary 19, 2022January 19, 2022
Martin Luther King III, with his wife Andrea and daughter Yolanda march with Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-Texas, 18th District), and U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas, 9th District) during the March on Washington for Voting Rights in northwest D.C. on Aug. 28. (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)
Posted inPolitics

Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 30, 2021December 30, 2021
Posted inNational, Politics

Petition Calls for Renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge in Rep. John Lewis’ Honor

by WI WebstaffJuly 21, 2020December 21, 2021
John Lewis
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, National

Congressman John Lewis, Last Surviving Speaker from 1963 March on Washington, dies at 80

by WI WebstaffJuly 18, 2020December 21, 2021
**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inMarc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Protection from Foreign Interference in Elections

by WI Guest AuthorMay 15, 2019December 21, 2021
Courtesy of NNPA Newswire
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

by WI Guest AuthorMarch 18, 2019October 31, 2020
Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion for equity in education. Ralph Abernathy and his wife Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. The children are (from left) Donzaleigh Abernathy (in striped sweater), Ralph David Abernathy III and Juandalynn R. Abernathy (in glasses). The name of the White minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy family photos/Wikipedia Commons)
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Selma, the Birthplace of Modern Democracy in America

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.March 5, 2019October 31, 2020

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