The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified on February 3, 1870, says that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged on the basis...
Free The BallotAmerica is not fully free so long as the ballot is fettered in any part of the United States of America. The right of...
When Reconstruction ended in 1877, southern whites used violence, economic exploitation, discriminatory laws called Black Codes, and political disenfranchisement to subjugate African Americans and undo their...
A terrible and bloody Civil War freed enslaved Americans. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) granted African Americans the rights of citizenship. However, this did...
Eight years after her death, acclaimed poet, author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has landed another historic honor. She is now the first Black woman...
by Eric Duncan,Education Trust “For too long, students have attended classrooms that gloss over our nation’s history with race…the responsibility for...
By Maitefa AngazaThe Board of Education for People of African Ancestry held a Zoom public forum near the start of...
Critical Race Theory (CRT), attributed to and pioneered by former Harvard Law professor Derrick Bell and legal scholars Kimberlé Crenshaw...
Nearly 2,000 teachers have left New York City’s public schools during the pandemic NYC Mayor’s OfficeNearly 2,000 teachers have left...
Jan. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TD today announced that six U.S. organizations will be awarded grants through the 2021 TD...
School attendance plunged to 67% on the first day back to classes, as unvaccinated children fill hospital intensive care units....
By Alexandra Hutzler, ABC NewsMay 25, 2022President Joe Biden marked the anniversary of George Floyd’s death by signing the order...
Last Saturday, there were at least 380 pro-choice rallies and demonstrations in major cities across the nation, including New York,...
AG Letitia James, Attorney Lurie Daniel Favors Speak Out Our Time Press reached out to Lurie Daniel Favors, Executive Director...
On February 28, 2022, the U.S. Senate voted on the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) in the first-ever Senate vote on proactive legislation...
President Joe Biden and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have announced plans to rescind Title 42, the...
Landmark group votes to base compensation plan on lineage rather than race after day of debate By Guardian staff and...