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Mississippi’s black Republicans stick with Hyde-Smith | McClatchy DC

November 28, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
African American Republicans in Mississippi are standing by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Tuesday’s Senate runoff, despite her comment expressing a willingness to attend a public hanging — a quip that’s triggered painful reminders of the state’s history of lynching blacks.

Memo to black men: Stop voting Republican | Boston Globe

November 27, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

RENÉE GRAHAM , Boston Globe Members of the audience wait for President Donald Trump to arrive at the 2018 Young Black Leadership Summit in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik). Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] the midterm elections, about 17 percent of black men voted to give […]

What’s up with all those Black Men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia Governor’s race? | The Washington Post

November 23, 2018November 23, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

White female voters in Georgia showed little interest in helping black women fulfill their dream of electing Stacey Abrams as governor, which would have made her the first African American woman to head a state in the nation’s history.

HBCUs Set Foundation for Black Politicians in Key Positions | The Washington Informer

November 23, 2018African American Education, African American Politics ...

What Kamala Harris, Alma Adams, Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams all have in common, in addition to being influential in U.S. politics, is they’re graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) — Howard University, North Carolina A&T, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Spelman College.

The Abrams Machine Is Not Done Yet | The Atlantic

November 20, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Democrat Stacey Abrams acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp would become Georgia’s governor, but she promised to continue her fight against voter suppression.

Why Isn’t Voter Suppression A Crime? | Medium

November 20, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

William Spivey , Medium Illustration by Curt Merlo. Featured Image [dropcap]Voter[/dropcap] suppression is illegal, but is it a crime? Voter intimidation is a crime; threatening, coercing, or attempting either is punishable by fine, imprisonment for up to one year, or both. Voting illegally could get you sent to jail, depending on your color and who […]

Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters | The Washington Post

November 15, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

DeNeen L. Brown , The Washington Post Annell Ponder, a civil rights worker who fought against voter suppression in the South, is shown at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. (Builder Levy (Chrysler Museum of Art)). Featured Image [dropcap]Annell[/dropcap] Ponder is one of those fearless black women whose names may not be […]

The Newest Jim Crow | The New York Times

November 14, 2018African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Michelle Alexander , The New York Times Courtesy of the Cornell Chapter of Amnesty International. Featured Image [dropcap]In[/dropcap] the midterms, Michigan became the first state in the Midwest to legalize marijuana, Florida restored the vote to over 1.4 million people with felony convictions, and Louisiana passed a constitutional amendment requiring unanimous jury verdicts in felony […]