Sybrina Fulton lost to Mayor Oliver Gilbert by 331 votes. By Sweenie Saint-Vil, REVOLT Sybrina Fulton’s race for county commissioner has officially come to an end. According to the Miami Herald, Fulton, who had no political background, lost to Mayor Oliver Gilbert by less than one percent, receiving 331 less votes than her competitor. Last year, the mother of Trayvon Martin announced her […]
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D.C.’s Election Was an Unmitigated Disaster | Slate
On Tuesday, as law enforcement officers swarmed the District of Columbia in response to largely peaceful protests against police brutality, the city attempted to hold a primary election. It was an unmitigated disaster. Thousands of residents who requested an absentee ballot never received one. They were forced to vote in person in the midst of […]
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Ferguson elects city council member Ella Jones as first black mayor in city’s history | KSDK
Ella Jones will also be the first woman to serve as the Mayor of Ferguson FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson City Council member Ella Jones won the city’s mayoral election Tuesday. Jones defeated fellow council member Heather Robinett. Jones will succeed James Knowles III, who defeated Jones in the 2017 mayoral election and held the office […]
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Leaked video: GOP Senate candidate told black leaders it’s pointless to call out Trump racism | Salon
Michigan GOP Senate candidate John James chided Biden’s “hurtful” comments but defended silence on Trump’s racism John James, the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan, privately told African-American leaders in the state that it was pointless to publicly call out President Donald Trump’s racist statements — shortly before he publicly criticized former Vice President Joe […]
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Jennifer Carroll Foy Jumps Into Virginia Governor’s Race, Hoping To Make History | HuffPost
If elected, she would be the first female governor of Virginia, and the first Black female governor of any state. Jennifer Carroll Foy is jumping into the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia, making her the first Black woman to run for the job in 30 years. If elected, she would be the first Black female […]
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What the Hell Did Black Americans Lose Under Trump? | Democracy Guardian
On August 19, 2016, Donald Trump went to Dimondale, MI, a mostly white suburb of Lansing, Michigan, and appealed to the black people he chose not to appear before saying, “What the hell do you have to lose?” What he said exactly was: “You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no […]
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Incumbent Democrat Joyce Beatty wins Ohio primary against liberal Morgan Harper | Reuters
(Reuters) – The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohio’s third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper, a progressive first-time candidate who was previously a senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Ohio held mostly mail-in primaries due to the coronavirus pandemic after voting originally scheduled […]
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Mfume to Return to Congress, Succeeding Elijah Cummings | The New York Times
He first held the seat from 1987 to 1996 until he left to serve as president of the N.A.A.C.P. and was replaced by Mr. Cummings, who died in October. WASHINGTON — Kweisi Mfume, a former Democratic congressman and president of the N.A.A.C.P., won a special election on Tuesday to represent Baltimore in Congress, reclaiming a […]
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Former mayor and UCLA alumnus Tom Bradley focus of new online archive | UCLA
The UCLA Film &Television Archive has created a digital portal showcasing local news footage of former Los Angeles Mayor and UCLA alumnus, Tom Bradley. Bradley, who was the first African American to lead the city, was also Los Angeles’ longest-tenured mayor, serving from 1973 to 1993. Bradley died in 1998. Made up of news footage donated by […]
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Black church snubs Bloomberg as congregants stand, turn their backs | The Washington Times
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was snubbed Sunday by numerous congregants at a historically black church in Selma, Alabama. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] According to a report in the New York Daily News, several members of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church stood up and turned their back on Mr. Bloomberg as he was was speaking. […]
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