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BLACK WOMEN SEEK REWARDS FROM DEMOCRATS AFTER ALABAMA RACE
In addition to voting, black women are running for office, testing whether the Democratic Party will stand behind them in the 2018 elections and beyond... READ MORE›
ALABAMA'S BLACK VOTERS SENT DOUG JONES TO THE U.S. SENATE. IT COULD BE A MODEL FOR 2018
So Pettaway, the chairwoman of the Dallas County Democratic party, held the infant outside and waited while the mother completed her ballot... READ MORE›
'WE KNEW THE WORLD WAS LOOKING AT US'
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.--Devon Crawford, 24, a Black Alabamian, came home from the University of Chicago to vote against Republican Roy Moore in the special Senate election here... READ MORE›
THE ALABAMA DEMOCRAT UP AGAINST ROY MOORE IN SENATE RACE
Doug Jones The Alabama Democrat up against Roy Moore in Senate race... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP SALUTES CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES AT BOYCOTTED MUSEUM OPENING
Democratic US congressman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi joined Lewis in the boycott... READ MORE›
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IN FEUD WITH JOHN LEWIS, DONALD TRUMP ATTACKED 'ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED PEOPLE IN AMERICA'
In 2010, days after returning from Selma, Ala., Mike Pence went on a GOP website and gushed about my friend John Lewis... READ MORE›
PROTEST AND PERSIST: WHY GIVING UP HOPE IS NOT AN OPTION
A group that called itself the Clamshell Alliance arose to oppose building a nuclear power plant in New Hampshire... READ MORE›
JEFF SESSIONS IS EXPECTED TO BRING SWEEPING CHANGES TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Several former Justice officials and Democratic lawmakers predicted that Sessions would reverse the emphasis on civil rights and criminal-justice reform that Holder put in place... READ MORE›
NAACP PRESIDENT, OTHERS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DURING SESSIONS SIT-IN
Jeff Sessions, a Republican who is President-elect Donald Trump's choice... READ MORE›
SAMUEL L. JACKSON HAS A POINT
Can we imagine a younger version of Jackson himself -- Corey Hawkins of Straight Outta Compton and now 24 Legacy... READ MORE›
SENATE DEMOCRATS ELECT CHUCK SCHUMER OF NEW YORK AS NEW MINORITY LEADER
Schumer will be negotiating with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who was re-elected to the top leadership spot by his GOP colleagues on Wednesday... READ MORE›
OPINION WHAT MLK MIGHT SAY TO DONALD TRUMP
Yet the genius of King and the larger civil rights movement is in unleashing the power of ideas that transcend political leaders, democratic institutions, even nation-states... READ MORE›
MEET DONALD TRUMP'S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PICKS
Flynn, a retired three-star general, is a former director of the Defence Intelligence Agency... READ MORE›
THE POWERFUL WORD OBAMA COULD HELP TRUMP UNDERSTAND
Barack Obama resolutely makes the case for moving forward by referring again and again to the lessons of American history... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM WILL TELL OF SUFFERING AND DELIGHT
A museum alone will not alleviate poverty in every inner city, he said... READ MORE›
SIT-IN SPURS LATE-NIGHT CLASH ON HOUSE FLOOR
Democrats, led by civil rights icon John Lewis, took control of the chamber Wednesday morning demanding a vote on gun control legislation... READ MORE›
TIDAL WAVE OF PROTEST AS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS JOIN WOMEN'S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Inauguration met with a tidal wave of protest, with hundreds of thousands flooding Washington DC and huge crowds in other cities across the United States... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA'S FAREWELL SPEECH: PRESIDENT ENDS HIS LEADERSHIP WITH URGENT AND FEARFUL WARNING ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACYA
Barack Obama's farewell speech President ends his leadership with urgent and fearful warning about the state of American democracyA... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S PICK FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS SHADOWED BY RACE AND HISTORY
Sen. Jeff Sessions is a conservative stalwart and a lightning rod for civil rights activists... READ MORE›
IF TRUMP LOSES: WE'LL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE -- 'IN ARMS'
For these Trump supporters, Clinton's advantage in polls seems incompatible with what they see and hear... READ MORE›
US NEWSPAPER ACCUSED OF LIBERAL BIAS AFTER USING IMAGE OF SELMA ANNIVERSARY MARCH ON FRONT PAGE SHOWING BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA BUT WITH GEORGE AND LAURA BUSH MISSING
Mr Bush made no remarks, but rose to his feet to applaud Mr Obama, and the two men hugged afterward, it notes... READ MORE›
'WE ALL ARE AMERICA': CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH KICKS OFF WEEK OF TRUMP INAUGURATION PROTESTS
Anti-Trump civil rights demonstrators vow to 'march until hell freezes over'... READ MORE›
RATING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S BIGGEST SPEECHES
During Raman's two years as a White House staff speechwriter, he didn't often meet with President Obama face to face... READ MORE›
IN FINAL SPEECH, OBAMA MUST RECONCILE HIS HOPES WITH TRUMP'S
The system did respond, in November, to Americans who by and large rejected Obama's policies by electing Republican Donald Trump... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS MARCH ON SELMA, ALABAMA BRIDGE TO MARK 'BLOODY SUNDAY'
Thousands march on selma alabama bridge to mark bloody sunday... READ MORE›
LAST JEWISH FAMILY IN ALEPPO FLEE FOR ISRAEL
The rabbi had heard of humanitarian work being carried out by Moti Kahana, a Jewish businessman, in support of the Syrian rebels... READ MORE›
OBAMA CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT
In March, Obama called the Voting RIghts Act one of the crowning achievements of our democracy... READ MORE›
BLACK BELT VOTER FRAUD CASE IN ALABAMA SHAPED SEN. JEFF SESSIONS' CAREER
While on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions' support for Democratic attorney general nominees has been mixed... READ MORE›
TRIAL TO START IN LAWSUIT OVER NORTH CAROLINA'S VOTER-ID LAW
But the name on her North Carolina voter-registration card was Rosanell Johnson Eaton, a combination of her maiden and married names... READ MORE›
OBAMA AIDE: TRUMP SHOULD 'REACH OUT' TO DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTING INAUGURATION
Twenty-three House Democrats plan to sit out Trump's swearing-in, including John Lewis, who the president-elect attacked over Russian hacking scandal... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S FAREWELL SPEECH TO BE 'BIGGER THAN POLITICS' AND INCLUDE TRUMP VOTERS
The system did respond, in November, to Americans who by and large rejected Obama's policies by electing Republican Donald Trump... READ MORE›
DID HE IMPROVE US RACE RELATIONS?
Back then, as Morrow recounted in his memoir, Black Man in the White House, African-Americans were routinely stereotyped as sexual predators incapable of controlling their desires... READ MORE›
OUTGOING CIA CHIEF RIPS TRUMP OVER TWEETS, RUSSIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly did not retaliate against the U.S. for the sanctions or the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats, a decision Trump quickly praised... READ MORE›
TRUMP LASHES OUT AT CIVIL RIGHTS LEGEND WHO DESCRIBED HIS ELECTION WIN AS ILLEGITIMATE
Trump tweeted that congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district than complaining about results... READ MORE›
'WE'RE NOT A BURDEN ON AMERICA, OR A STAIN ON AMERICA . . . WE'RE AMERICA'
For more than eight years, Barack Obama has sought to explain the African American experience to the rest of the country... READ MORE›