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Activists say new Tennessee law aims to suppress African American votes | The Guardian

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Khushbu Shah, The Guardian The Equity Alliance registered nearly 100,000 black voters in Tennessee during the midterm elections in 2018. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]Tequila[/dropcap] Johnson lists off laundromats, nightclubs and churches. Those are the places her team of 150 volunteers visited during the midterm elections last year, registering black voters across […]

A Forgotten Presidential Candidate From 1904 | NPR

May 29, 2019May 7, 2020African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States. In 1904, George Edwin Taylor — often forgotten in the discussion of black American political pioneers — […]

Russian documents reveal desire to sow racial discord — and violence — in the U.S. | NBC News

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The revelations come as U.S. intelligence agencies have warned of probable Russian meddling in the 2020 election.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’d be ‘hard pressed’ to back Biden in primary | The Guardian

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Bernie Sanders appears to be the favorite to secure Ocasio-Cortez’s prized endorsement in the Democratic presidential primary

Kamala Harris’s Long-Shot Bid to Fix School Funding | The Atlantic

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

The senator and presidential candidate says America needs to reform how it funds schools, but the details of any alternative approach are scant.

Adrienne Jones elected Maryland’s first African-American, female House speaker | CNN

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Veronica Stracqualursi, CNNAmber Ferguson/The Washington Post, Featured Image [dropcap]Washington[/dropcap] (CNN) A Maryland lawmaker made history on Wednesday when she became the first woman and first African-American elected as the state’s House speaker. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Del. Adrienne Jones was unanimously voted as speaker after the two Democratic candidates who were vying for the job stepped aside […]

Baltimore’s Mayor Resigns Over a Series of Self-Published Children’s Books | Slate

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Elliot Hannon, Slate Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh delivers an address during her inauguration ceremony on Dec. 6, 2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP), Featured Image [dropcap]Baltimore[/dropcap] Mayor Catherine Pugh’s bizarre tenure in office came to an end Thursday, when she resigned amid a cloud of scandal and scrutiny over, of all things, a self-published series of children’s books. […]

Stacey Abrams’s next move could bolster Democrats in Georgia — and her own political fortunes | The Washington Post

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Amy Gardner, The Washington Post Stacey Abrams at an event at the Carter Center in Atlanta on April 23, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/For The Washington Post), Featured Image [dropcap]DECATUR[/dropcap], Ga. — In a quiet suite of offices above a bank in this eastern Atlanta suburb, Democrat Stacey Abrams’s newest venture is quickly taking shape. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]

Holder calls on 2020 presidential candidates to help redistricting prep | Politico

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Daniel Strauss, Politico Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept. 16, 2014. Susan Walsh—AP [dropcap]Former[/dropcap] Attorney General Eric Holder says a shock loss in Wisconsin earlier this month should be “a wake-up call” for Democrats that the Midwest hasn’t abandoned President Donald […]

[WATCH] Angela Davis & Barbara Ransby: We Stand with Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Courageous, Bold Black Woman | Democracy Now

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019African American Politics, African American Vote ...

Angela Davis &, Barbara Ransby, Democracy Now Ilhan Omar campaigning for state representative in Minnesota. (Chris Newberry), Featured Image [dropcap]Two[/dropcap] of the founders of Black Lives Matter, as well as professor Angela Davis and scores of other black women, are holding a rally today on Capitol Hill to defend Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and […]