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Written by Isheka N. Harrison Feb 19, 2020 With the primaries in full swing and this year’s presidential election on the line, The Black Vote is a much-coveted prize. Specifically, in the Democratic party, Black […]

And the way the nearly all-white 2020 field is talking about race and campaigning for support from black voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/us/politics/bloomberg-black-voters-stop-and-frisk.html By Jennifer Medina Feb. 11, 2020 When the audio of Michael Bloomberg defending his stop-and-frisk policies in […]

Former NAACP Chief and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Kweisi Mfume Wins Primary for Cummings Seat NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mfume’s primary challenger in Maryland’s seventh congressional district was Cummings’ widow, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings. But the contest […]

By Astead W. Herndon Jan. 14, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/us/politics/celebrity-democratic-endorsements.html SUMTER, S.C. — Bernice Harris was with her granddaughter Saturday afternoon when they heard a surprising rumor: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont was going to visit their city […]

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 […]