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Civil rights groups file suit against Alabama law criminalizing some absentee ballot assistance
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA group of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the...
Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoBlack marchers in Selma, Ala., demonstrate for voting rights protections on March 6, 2022. Brandon...
I was there when Alabama intimidated voters. Now, Arizona Democrats are doing it again
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoI recently witnessed the best of democracy in New Hampshire. Citizens peppered Democratic Sen. Joe...
Voices: The Supreme Court is taking on some very controversial cases this term
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast month, Chief Justice John Roberts expressed a desire to return to normal. In remarks to an...
On Bloody Sunday anniversary, Black leaders say the fight for voting rights endures
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the nation marks 58 years since Bloody Sunday, Black civil rights leaders and elected officials...
Black leaders applaud Supreme Court ruling in voting rights case, but ‘with a grain of salt’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 12 months ago“While today’s decision is a victory…the ruling does not strengthen legal protections for Black...
Alachua County NAACP president Evelyn Foxx has fought for civil rights since childhood
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEvelyn Foxx joined the NAACP in the fifth grade in her hometown of Riceboro, Georgia, and has been...
How 2 Supreme Court Cases Could Send Our Voting Rights Back To 1964
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer once said our nation fell woefully short of a...
Court ruling on Black voters’ right to sue under Voting Rights Act is ‘unconscionable’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 6 months agoJonathan Miller of the Public Rights Project says the order is part of a “concerted effort by...
Selma's 'smallest freedom fighter' reflects on Civil Rights Movement 59 years later
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSheyann Webb-Christburg had just turned 9 years old when she became Selma's "smallest freedom...