Arkansas groups want full federal appeals court to revisit ruling limiting scope of the Voting Rights Act
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- December 12, 2023
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LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Progressive advocacy groups in Arkansas on Monday asked a full federal appeals court to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that private groups can’t sue under a key section of the federal Voting Rights Act. The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Arkansas State Conference NAACP asked for the case to go […]
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Opinion | Republicans in Alabama and Florida Are Attacking Civil Rights Gains | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
In May, 1901, 150 white men gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to rewrite their state’s constitution. They elected John Knox, a prominent lawyer, to chair the convention. Knox said in his opening speech: “[W]hat is it that we want to do? Why, it is to establish white supremacy in this state… we must establish it by […]
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Little Rock Nine Slam Arkansas’ African American Studies Erasure
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- August 21, 2023
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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS – SEPTEMBER 13: Elizabeth Eckford poses for a portrait on September 13, 2007 in front of the main entrance of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Threading her way though an angry mob as the Arkansas National Guard looked on, Eckford was the first of nine black schoolchildren to make history […]
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