Quote of the Day, Oscar Edition
Thank you. Nina Simone said it’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live. We wrote this song for a film that was based on events that were 50 years ago but we say that Selma is… Continue reading
Category Archives: Voting Rights Act
“Setting the record straight on Selma and ‘Selma’”
Marc Selverstone in WaPo:
These conversations show that Johnson encouraged King to focus media attention on voting-rights injustices, leaned hard on aides to seek legal and legislative remedies for those wrongs, and acknowledged the importance of the Selma events —… Continue reading
“New evidence shows election officials are biased against Latino voters”
“Will the U.S. Supreme Court Weigh in on Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?”
Federal Court Adopts Plaintiffs’ Districting Plan in Yakima, WA Case for Voting Rights Violation, Rejects Limited Voting Alternatives
The court rejected the plans submitted by both the City and FairVote, going with the plaintiffs’ preferred single-member district plan to resolve Latino vote dilution claims.
“Latino activists consider voting rights lawsuit against Orange County”
“Voting rights for minorities threatened, experts say”
“John Lewis Reflects on Selma Marches”
“The Mystery of Lower Voter Registration Rates of Older Black Voters”
“U.S. District Judge to Deliver Keynote at Voting Rights Act Symposium at UA”
Press release:
U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson will deliver the keynote address for the Alabama Law Review symposium as it marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at noon Feb. 27 at The University of Alabama… Continue reading
VRAA Reintroduced; Likely Not Going Anywhere in Republican Congress
“Diverse Coalition of Civil Rights and Legal Groups File Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Address Voter ID as Issue of National Importance”
From the “be careful what you wish for” department:
A broad alliance of civil rights and legal groups representing the communities most impacted by Wisconsin’s restrictive voter ID law, as well as all 46 members of the Congressional Black Caucus,… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Leaders Upset Over Non-Voting Rights Act Hearing”
The Dallas Weekly reports. I think in the headline the “Non-” should be modifying hearing not voting rights.