Voting Rights
On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) referenced the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965…
One of the funniest and most memorable scenes in Eddie Murphy’s hit movie “Beverly Hills Cop” was the banana in the tailpipe scene. In fact,…
Reverend Al Sharpton joins the Tom Joyner Morning Show to talk about the Voting Rights Act and how the Supreme Court’s change to the act…
Roland Martin talks with Judith Browne Dianis, the co-director of the Advancement Project, about the Supreme Court‘s decision to strike down section four of the…
Although the fight for voting rights was a staple of the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and through the 1960s, protests over the…
Roland Martin talks with Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Marcia Fudge about the Voting Rights Act.
Rev. Al Sharpton has his feet to the pavement this morning marching in Washington D.C. over the Supreme Court’s hearing over the Shelby vs. Holder…
The Opelousas Massacre in St. Landry Parish, La., has baffled historians over the years. From varying accounts, hundreds of Blacks were reportedly killed, because of…
As the showdown between President Barack Obama and Republican hopeful Mitt Romney takes shape before the November elections, the courts of battleground state Pennsylvania are…
// From The American Prospect: Three years after serving a bid for robbery, Glenn Martin tried to register to vote in his state. In New York, formerly incarcerated people are allowed to vote once they complete parole. A few weeks later, the Bronx Board of Elections sent him a letter telling him he wasn’t eligible. […]