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John Payton Left a Lasting Mark
John Payton, who died on March 22 at the age of 65, had an infectious optimism and confidence that made all good things not simply possible but probable. As the leader of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc., John reset the odds in the fight for equality. He turned the highest stakes cases, declared “unwinnable”…
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Purging Democracy in the Sunshine State
(Special to The Root) — What’s old is new. Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner is boldly refusing to comply with the Department of Justice’s demand that the state stop its efforts to purge voters from the registration rolls. On Wednesday, he sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice claiming that the purge…
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