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Senator Cory Booker (Anthony Pezzotti, Staff Photographer of The Philly Inquirer) He spoke more pointedly about Black voters than any candidate in the race, and had memorable moments disagreeing with Joe Biden. By Kevin Robillard […]

  Tallahassee—The Reverend Al Sharpton will join leading educators from across the nation to rally for public schools at the Florida Capitol January 13, 2020. Sharpton, a renowned civil rights advocate, MSNBC commentator and President of […]

  Civil Rights Giant Congressman John Lewis Prepares to Fight Pancreatic Cancer By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Civil rights giant John Lewis, representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives […]

JOSH SOLOMON St. Petersburg City Hall, Pinellas Courts reporter Before today, the city council never had six women, or two black women, serving together. ST. PETERSBURG — Two new council members took their oaths of […]

bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2019/12/19/kentucky-swears-in-first-african-american-attorney.html Daniel Cameron has been sworn in as Kentucky’s next attorney general. He is the first Republican to hold the office since 1948 and the first African American elected on his own ticket to statewide office, WVXU […]

By Cliff Albright https://www.theguardian.com/ The motivations behind today’s efforts to overturn elections and remove black elected officials are not very different than Reconstruction-era motivations On 5 November, Hester Jackson-McCray, a black woman, narrowly defeated Republican […]

By Alex Horton  November 29, 2019 at 8:33 a.m. EST BET founder Robert Johnson, a lifelong Democrat and America’s first black billionaire, has assessed the Democratic contenders in next year’s presidential election. And he doesn’t […]

The retiring so-called moderate who previously broke from Trump was called a “coward” for defending the president. Written By Bruce C.T. Wright Posted 15 hours ago Democrats’ optimism over the impeachment inquiry public hearings got a bit of […]

Trump, Pence, trying to win over African-American voters, to launch ‘Black Voices for Trump’ coalition in Atlanta Courtney Subramanian USA TODAY 11.8.19 WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is pitching his record to African-American voters on Friday […]