Jim Crow
Supreme Court set to tear up entire Voting Rights Act
October 16, 2025If they rule before the midterms, Jim Crow could be the rule again in the old South, with almost all Black or non-white members of Congress losing their seats.
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Justices may ditch last remaining piece of Voting Rights Act
October 14, 2025If they do the main legislative accomplishment of the civil rights era will be struck down
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What one man’s 45-year-old case tells us about the ‘Jim Crow Juries’ haunting Louisiana
September 12, 2025Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in the 1980s Louisiana, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life, despite two Black jurors voting not guilty.
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Trump slashes home health workers’ pay and neuters discrimination protections
September 4, 2025The rollback would upend 60 years of fighting Jim Crow segregation against Black and other workers of color says National Nurses United.
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Saving democracy requires more of Netflix’s ‘Sunday Best’
July 25, 2025Documentary shows how Ed Sullivan helped a nation see the wealth of talent and ability in the Black community.
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