Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position | #elections | #alabama
A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Patrick Braxton, 57, is one of several plaintiffs named in Braxton et al v. Stokes et al. The other plaintiffs — […]
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Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are keeping him from position
A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. Patrick Braxton, 57, is one of several plaintiffs named in Braxton et al v. Stokes et al. The other plaintiffs — […]
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In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly as a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes throughout the U.S. South laid waste to relatives’ homes and churches across a part of Alabama known as the Black Belt. Text messages and calls from loved ones, many of them hysterical, provided her with devastating updates of Thursday’s storms, which tore […]
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How to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Northwest Arkansas
The NWA Martin Luther King, Jr. Council will honor King’s legacy this weekend. Here are a few ways you can participate and commemorate the late civil rights leader: Youth engagement program: University of Arkansas athletes will host the kids event starting at 9:30am Monday at the university’s HPER building. Freedom March: The gathering celebrates King’s […]
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Biden struggles to confirm judges in the South and thwart Trump’s impact | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats have moved quickly to appoint scores of judges during the past two years, outpacing former President Donald Trump, but they have stalled in the South. The dearth of nominees offered in southern states, notably where both US senators are Republican, threatens to undercut Biden’s large-scale effort to […]
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Courage is required to save the GOP | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Byron Williams Winston-Salem Journal After courageously signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, President Lyndon Johnson famously quipped that the Democratic Party may “have lost the South for a generation.” The passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act was an act of political courage because Johnson was aware that the landmark legislation would include a political […]
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Opinion: A majority of Americans think US democracy is broken. Here are 12 ideas for repairing it | #alaska | #politics
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Editor’s Note: This roundup is part of the CNN Opinion series “America’s Future Starts Now,” in which people share how they have been affected by the biggest issues facing the nation and experts offer their proposed solutions. The views expressed in these commentaries are the authors’ own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN — Though […]
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What is even left of the Voting Rights Act? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — If you read Tuesday that the Supreme Court was hearing a challenge to a key part of the Voting Rights Act and thought to yourself, “Didn’t they already gut the Voting […]
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Republican AGs, including Alabama’s, sue US agency over LGBTQ school guidance | State and Regional News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The challenge, led by Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, claims that the federal government is […]
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On this day in 1972: Segregationist George Wallace wins Mich. Democratic presidential primary | State | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
George Wallace in 1972 | Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University photo Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace — who once declared, “I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” — won the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary on May 16, 1972, with ease. He outpaced former Vice President Hubert […]
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