Tag: voting rights
“Alabama has chosen instead to thumb its nose at this court...
-Abha Khanna, an attorney in federal court representing one group of minority plaintiffs as judges weighed whether lawmakers complied with a U.S. Supreme Court...
“The eyes of the nation are looking at you. I know...
-Evan Milligan, lead plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case which determined that Alabama must redraw maps to better represent Black voters, to state...
Civic Leaders Urge Caution After Momentous Voting Rights Victory at U.S....
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
A decade after the U.S. Supreme Court crippled voting rights with the Shelby County v. Holder decision, there now appears...
Alabama Activists Press Voting Rights in U.S. Supreme Court Showdown
By Andrew Chung
(Reuters) - When Evan Milligan, a voting rights activist and organizer, scans his hometown of Montgomery, the capital of the state of...
Rep. Terri Sewell welcomes one of her biggest fights since being...
Donna M. Owens
NBC News
In August, Rep. Terri Sewell stood at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in her hometown, Selma, Alabama, to tout...
Federal Judges Order Alabama to Redraw Congressional Map
By Jonathan Hardison
WBRC Staff
A three-judge federal panel is rejecting Alabama’s newly-drawn Congressional district map and sending it back to the legislature saying it likely...
Vice President Kamala Harris’s Exclusive Talk With the Black Press of...
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Vice President Kamala Harris provided a message of hope while striking an encouraging tone during an exclusive...
Republican Lawmakers Introduce Hundreds Of Bills To Restrict Voting Rights Nationwide
By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Black Voices
Republican lawmakers are currently pushing more than 300 bills in state legislatures seeking to restrict access to the vote across the...
Rep. Sewell’s Voting Rights Bill Passes the House
The Birmingham Times
The House of Representatives last week passed a bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL), meant to restore the Voting Rights...
Birmingham to Host Mass Meeting As Part of ‘Poor People’s Campaign’
Times staff report
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and the Rev Dr. Liz Theoharis will co-lead a Moral Revival mass meeting in Birmingham...
