‘Hate is never welcome here:’ Orange County mayor responds to NAACP travel warning
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County’s mayor wants the NAACP to know the county is a welcoming community and not a danger to minority travelers. Mayor Jerry Demings was responding to the new travel warning for Florida issued by the NAACP on Saturday. The statement by the civil rights organization said people who travel to Florida […]
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Roanoke City Council candidates participate in a community forum ahead of Election Day | #citycouncil
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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Dozens of community members gathered for a Roanoke City Council candidate forum on Friday night. All 11 candidates running for the four open seats on city council attended the forum. WDBJ7′s senior reporter Joe Dashiell moderated Friday night’s event hosted by the NAACP and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. The candidates answered […]
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Alabama case that could limit Voting Rights Act heard at U.S. Supreme Court | #elections | #alabama
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard oral arguments in a case that challenges an Alabama redistricting map and could potentially eliminate remaining federal safeguards against racial gerrymandering. Voting rights advocates fear that the high court’s conservative majority will further weaken the Voting Rights Act, with implications for voters in states across the […]
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Alabama GOP: County chair Shanon Terry apologizes for posting an elephant logo with KKK imagery. The local NAACP wants him off the school board | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — A county NAACP chapter in northern Alabama is calling for the resignation of a school board member and local Republican Party chairman, who says his sharing on social media of a GOP elephant logo that included KKK imagery was unintended. The Facebook page of the Lawrence County Republican Party had included in one […]
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Mayor Allaire condemns sale of shackles at gun show
RUTLAND, Vt. (WCAX) – Rutland’s Mayor condemns the sale of shackles after they were found with vendor at the NEACA gun show. Channel Three obtained a photo of the shackles from the fairground, with the connection to or made to appear connected to, slavery. Mayor David Allaire says the Rutland County Agricultural Society President had […]
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Lawrence Co. GOP party apologizes for posting KKK image | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAWRENCE Co., Ala. (WAFF) – The Lawrence County Republican Party is facing scrutiny from the Alabama House minority leader after posting a picture of the GOP elephant that had Ku Klux Klan symbolism in it. The Lawrence County GOP posted on Facebook thanking its county party chairman on Sunday night. In the post, the party […]
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Alabama Congressional maps in question by Supreme Court | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The mural painted on the side of a Montgomery, Alabama building represents more than brush strokes. It depicts a time in history when poll taxes and literacy tests kept Blacks from voting. Fifty-seven years later, there’s a new tug of war around voting rights bringing Alabama to the center stage, once more. It started after […]
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