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Alabama Black Lawmaker Calls Out New Congressional Map Limiting Black Power
The Root via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUpdated 07/29/2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET Congresswoman Terri Sewell (D-AL.) isn’t taking the latest...
Lawmakers push for Rosa Parks holiday
WDVM via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Members of Congress are pushing for the passage of a bill that would make Dec. 1 a federal holiday commemorating the arrest of...
Black Voters Gave Biden the White House. They May Determine Whether He Stays There
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden, joins Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), Reverend Al Sharpton, Reverend Jesse Jackson,...
Photos of the Week: Train crashes, protests and spring training
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Biden listens during a prayer after walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,...
Selma wants to be noticed more than one day a year
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSELMA, Ala. — When President Joe Biden landed here Sunday, he met a city frozen in time. Brick buildings, aging and largely untouched since the days its...
Weekend events in Selma and Montgomery honor Bloody Sunday
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs the anniversary of Bloody Sunday approaches, several elected leaders and organizations are...
Biden chides GOP for ‘trying to hide the truth’ about Black history in marking Bloody Sunday
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Biden on Sunday called out Republicans for efforts to limit teaching parts of Black...
President Biden says voting rights ‘under assault’ in remarks honoring Bloody Sunday anniversary
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden assailed voter suppression and called for economic justice for Black Americans...
Plaintiffs slam Alabama Republicans for defying court order with map limiting Black voters
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 10 months ago“It seems like Republicans don’t want to deal with the rule of law unless it’s in their favor,”...
White House to convene descendants of civil rights icons and Black historical figures
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEXCLUSIVE: Invited guests include the descendants and families of Frederick Douglass, Booker T....