NAACP, civil rights groups file lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order on voting and elections
A coalition of voting rights organizations, including the NAACP, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia...
Sen. Cory Booker breaks record for longest Senate speech, surpassing segregationist Strom Thurmond
New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker delivered a marathon speech on the Senate floor, which began last night and continued...
Mississippi NAACP and DeSoto County challenge redrawn legislative maps in court
The Mississippi NAACP chapter and DeSoto County are making legal objections to the Mississippi Legislature’s redrawn legislative district maps in...
Justice Department instructed to dismiss legal challenge to Georgia election law
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping election overhaul that Georgia Republican lawmakers...
DOJ reverses stance on Louisiana redistricting case before the Supreme Court, no longer backs new Black voter district
Four days after Trump's swearing-in this January, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court that the federal government's opinion for the Louisiana...
DOJ drops lawsuit against Houston County’s at-large voting system
The U.S. Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has dropped a lawsuit against Houston County, which argued the county's at-large commission races violated...
Black and Hispanic families can afford median homes in less than 1% of Nashville neighborhoods
The city's long-anticipated housing and infrastructure study, released last week, revealed a shocking statistic: typical Black and Hispanic families can afford...
Who is Vivian Mildred Corbett Bailey of the Women’s Army Corps
1st Lt. Vivian Mildred Corbett Bailey was born in Washington, DC on February 3, 1918 and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
Who is Barbara Jordan, first Black woman to preside over a legislative body
Barbara Jordan was born in Houston Texas's Fifth Ward. Her father was a Baptist preacher and her moth was a...
DOJ drops lawsuit claiming that Texas’ congressional and legislative maps are illegal
The Department of Justice has officially withdrawn from a lawsuit challenging Texas’ legislative and congressional district maps, which were redrawn...
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