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Maurice Berger, The New York Times Gloria Bouknight, at 20 years old, and at 74 in 2015. While living in New York City, she discovered the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, on a visit to Harlem, and became an active member. Since then, she started a business representing European designers in the United States, […]
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Will it be a black woman who turfs Trump out of the White House? | The Guardian
Democrat Kamala Harris embodies the driving force behind the party’s electoral surge. She may be their best bet for 2020.
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Virginia GOPs Appeal Decision for New Legislative Map That Won’t Pack Black Voters Into Certain Districts | Atlanta Black Star
Associated Press , Atlanta Black Star Photo illustration by Tracy Ma. Source photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, via Library of Congress. Featured Image [dropcap]WASHINGTON (AP)[/dropcap] — The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative districts that have been struck down by a lower court […]
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FBI Confirms Gillum Is Not Corrupt And That DeSantis Lied | NEWSONE
DeSantis led a racist campaign the poured million of dollars into painting Gillum as a corrupt politician.
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Deval Patrick to Announce He Will Not Run for President in 2020 | The New York Times
Deval Patrick, the former two-term Democratic governor of Massachusetts, plans to announce shortly that he will not run for president in 2020, according to a person close to Mr. Patrick.
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Senator Tim Scott Sinks Thomas Farr’s Judicial Nomination Amid Racial Controversy | The New York Times
The Republican Party, Mr. Scott told reporters, is “not doing a very good job of avoiding the obvious potholes on race in America.”
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Hakeem Jeffries Emerges as New Face of House Democrats | The New York Times
WASHINGTON — At a leadership table of septuagenarians, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York has just emerged as the Democrats’ face of generational change.
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Mississippi’s black Republicans stick with Hyde-Smith | McClatchy DC
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
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 […]
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What’s up with all those Black Men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia Governor’s race? | The Washington Post
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.
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