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Efforts to Curb Jim Crow-Era Voting Law Fail in Mississippi
Mississippi Free Press· 7 days agoMississippi’s original list of disenfranchising crimes springs from the Jim Crow era, and attorneys...
Capitalism versus racism
The Mining Journal· 48 minutes ago“Racism is intricately linked to capitalism,” says famous Marxist Angela Davis. “It’s a mistake to assume that we can combat racism by leaving capitalism...
Bills QB Josh Allen Visits Girlfriend Hailee Steinfeld in New Orleans
Heavy.com· 2 days agoBills quarterback Josh Allen was spotted visiting girlfriend Hailee Steinfeld as she films a new...
Judge Strikes Down North Carolina Law on Prosecuting Ex-Felons Who Voted Before 2024
US News & World Report· 1 day agoA federal judge has halted the enforcement of a North Carolina law that made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction when they had simply ...
Ethan and Maya Hawke Almost Abandoned ‘Wildcat’ After Discovering Flannery O’Connor’s Racist Letters
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAnd Flannery grew up, was fed, raised on the water of the Jim Crow South.” As Hawke dug deeper into...
Granderson: Republicans aren't protecting elections. They don't want democracy
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJanet Mills of Maine said in a statement recently. “It seems to me that the person who wins the most...
Utopia? Local exhibit reveals untold stories of Black American artists in Scandinavia
Real Change News· 1 day agoWhile millions of African Americans were moving up North or to the Midwest to escape the South during the Jim Crow era, a small group of Black artists were ...
Sam Cooke wrote ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ because of an incident in Shreveport
ABC 26 New Orleans· 7 days agoWhen on tour in Shreveport, Louisiana, Sam Cooke had an experience on North Market Street (near the...
Minnesotan plans to be the first Black woman to kayak the Mississippi from source to sea
MPR News· 8 hours agoAt the end of May, a Minneapolis kayaker will embark on a journey from the source of the Mississippi...
Helena Hicks, civil rights advocate who helped desegregate Read’s lunch counter, dies
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoHelena Hicks, a civil rights advocate who led a 1950s protest to desegregate the old Read’s drug...