Who Tells Martin Luther King “Thanks But No Thanks?” – Explore this Civil Rights History Project

Who Tells Martin Luther King “Thanks But No Thanks?” – Explore this Civil Rights History Project

By EditorJun 15, 2015
In this 50th year following the enactment of the Voting Rights Act a new website has launched that will peer deep into the roots of the civil rights movement that sparked the nationwide call for racial justice. Duke University collaborates for the first time with SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) founding members to provide more than just a timeline and recount of history. (more…)
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Anatomy of a Section 2 Lawsuit: Ferguson-Florissant School District

Anatomy of a Section 2 Lawsuit: Ferguson-Florissant School District

By EditorMar 30, 2015
The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson-Florissant School District this past December in a quest to discontinue the at-large elections of its seven member board and instead divide the school district into seven election districts from which each board member will be elected. Changing the method of election in this way is sure to dramatically change the composition of the board in favor of the African-American families in the district. Why? As it turns out, the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s demographics and political environment is indeed a microcosm of the sad state of race relations…
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Video: Senate Committee Ponders Life After Shelby and the VRAA

By EditorJul 21, 2014
July 21, 2014 Lately, the voting rights world has made the sharp distinction between voting rights before the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby v. Holder dismantling section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, and after. It’s a distinction second perhaps only to B.C. and A.D., and for good reason. Those who applaud the Supreme court’s decision are relieved that the Justice Dept’s overly racialized paranoia about the smallest election decisions of state and local jurisdictions will cease and the federal governments’ tight grip on state sovereignty loosened. On the other hand, opponents of the decision rile at the blank check…
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