A women’s group is hosting a virtual relay race to highlight the civil rights movement and help increase Black voter turnout for the 2020 대통령 선거.
University of Tennessee, 녹스빌, renames 2 dorms for Black civil rights leaders
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Two dorms at the University of Tennessee, 녹스빌, will now bear the names of two Black civil rights leaders in the state "whose fight for equity and social justice transformed the state's higher education system ...
Republican legislators around the country seek to strip governors and officials of emergency election powers
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Republican legislators around the country are moving aggressively to strip governors and other officials of their power to change election rules -- after states made it easier to vote last year during the coronaviru...
Researchers to restore what might be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of free and enslaved Black children
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After years of examining centuries-old writings and digging up artifacts, researchers recently confirmed that an 18th-century building on the College of William & Mary campus was once a school for free and ensla...
The Black Lives Matter foundation raised $90 백만 2020, and gave almost a quarter of it to local chapters and organizations
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A year of change in the name of racial justice is hard to quantify. But in the 2020 Impact Report released this week by the Black Lives Matter Movement, historic numbers speak volumes. The Black Lives Matter Global...
AZ lawmakers weigh bill that would allow legislature to review election results ‘if needed’
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Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "if needed" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential ...
Michigan county GOP censures Republican congressman for vote against Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Washington Michigan GOP Rep. Fred Upton was censured Tuesday by a local Republican Party in his congressional district for his vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her House committee assignments. The Cass...
PA GOP expected to consider censure of Sen. Pat Toomey over vote to convict Trump
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The Pennsylvania Republican state committee is holding a meeting Wednesday night with the expectations that the issue of censuring Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey over his impeachment vote will be discussed. Sever...
David Perdue decides against Georgia Senate run a week after filing election paperwork
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Washington Former Sen. David Perdue has decided against becoming a candidate in the 2022 Georgia US Senate race a week after filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. "After much prayer and reflection, 비...
What Biden and Pelosi can learn from a 1941-1942 presidential commission
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Thomas Balcerski는 Eastern Connecticut State University에서 역사를 가르치고 있습니다.. 그는 저자입니다 "가슴 친구: James Buchanan과 William Rufus King의 친밀한 세계" (옥스포드 대학 출판부). 그는 @tbalcer ...
Family of Americans held hostage in Iran urges Biden administration to make release key part of Iran policy
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Washington The family of two Iranian-Americans held in Iran is urging the Biden administration to make the release of hostages a key part of its Iran policy and to ensure that they are not left behind again. Babak N...