gubernatorial elections
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Black Voters in Mississippi File Lawsuit to Challenge Racist Election Law
A group of black voters represented by a foundation affiliated with former Attorney General Eric Holder’s National Democratic Redistricting Committee is challenging Mississippi’s Jim-Crow era laws written to place black candidates for statewide office at a disadvantage. According to ThinkProgress, four voters filed suit with the U.S. District Court of Southern Mississippi Thursday, challenging election…
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#WeBuiltThis: Black People Built America, and America Won’t Stop Killing Us
If you’re black, enfranchised and under 35, you’ve probably caught hell from at least a dozen people about your civic duty to vote. (Something about your ancestors bleeding and dying for your right to vote, and how folks your age should be galloping to the polls. It’s like your civic duty to stand for the…