Pastors say Senate Bill 90 aims to suppress the Black vote
Members of the Christian Clergy Alliances gave a press conference on the steps of the…
Voting Rights Act
Honoring our ancestors
Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. By Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG…
Congressman John Lewis: He took time for the common man
L, R – Rev. Watson Haynes, president & CEO of the Pinellas County Urban…
A new Supreme Court is poised to take a chunk out of MLK’s legacy
By John Blake | CNN One is called the “child of the storm.” Another is…
5 Lessons We Learned From Losses On Election Night And What It Means For 2020
By Ida Harris | Blavity Election Day hasn’t been quite the same since former President…
She faced voter suppression
Stacy Abrams finished in second place in the Georgia governor’s race. She refused…
Decades before Stacey Abrams, these black women risked their lives to register black voters
By DeNeen Brown | Washington Post Annell Ponder is one of those fearless black women…
Rep. John Lewis, Real Life Icon, Reminds Us Why It’s Important To Vote
BREANNA EDWARDS | Essence It’s not every day a living legend calls you out and shows…
Voting barriers in the 21st century
Civil rights advocates protesting against discriminatory voting laws in 1964. BY…
The history of black American’s right to vote
President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr. at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on…
Voting restrictions upheld by Supreme Court
BY Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, ASALH President The American Civil Liberties Union…
On the other side of ‘no’
Life is not a straight road. There are ups and downs, unexpected twists and turns.…
50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act discussion
BY PUNEET SANDHU, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – The Florida Holocaust Museum continues…
Orange is the new black: A question for Boehner
BY ARTHUR JONES At last weekend’s White House Correspondents Association dinner,…