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Supreme Court lets Louisiana use second majority-Black district in 2024 election
Courthouse News Service· 45 minutes agoThe Supreme Court paused the latest fight over Louisiana’s congressional maps on Wednesday, allowing...
Supreme Court upholds a new Black-majority district in Louisiana that may elect a Democrat to...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoThe strange turn of events prompted civil rights advocates and Louisiana's Republicans to file...
Supreme Court allows Louisiana to use congressional map with second majority-Black district
NBC Universal via AOL· 53 minutes agoThe court granted emergency requests filed by an unlikely alliance of Republican state officials and...
Rev. William Lawson, Houston civil rights leader and Third Ward church pastor, dies at 95 | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 1 day agoWilliam "Bill" Lawson, the founding pastor at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and a local ...
Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana congressional map with two Black districts
The Shreveport Times· 26 minutes agoWednesday's ruling would seem to clear the...racial gerrymander." Republican Louisiana Attorney...
Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote...
The Boston Globe· 47 minutes agoThe Supreme Court's order does not deal with a lower-court ruling that found the map relied too...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates and music legend Johnny Cash to replace Arkansas statues at the US...
EastIdahoNews.com· 6 hours agoA statue of Daisy Bates, a civil rights journalist and activist who is perhaps best known for her...
Amy Winehouse's Ex-Husband Is 'Very Misunderstood,' Says “Back to Black” Star Jack O'Connell...
People via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoBenett/Getty Jack O'Connell at the NYC 'Back to Black' premiere (left), Blake Fielder-Civil and Amy...
Airman’s death sparks debate over race, gun rights and self-defense
Air Force Times via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThis time, the victim was a young Black service member who carried his legally owned handgun to the...
Frey's pick for Minneapolis civil rights director has strong support, but ... why would she want the...
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 2 hours agoMinneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's pick for civil rights director has widespread support to be confirmed...