Jim Crow

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May 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and…
April 26, 2012
VIDEO - A museum showcasing thousands of racist memorabilia artifacts opened on Michigan's Ferris State University's Campus on Thursday...
April 19, 2012
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays…
December 5, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A new NAACP report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics…
November 23, 2011
OPINION - In 1933, the word 'uppity' meant nothing short of a death sentence for African-Americans living in the South,…
November 22, 2011
OPINION - With their lockstep support for the Democratic Party in the South, African-Americans are seemingly returning to the old…
October 7, 2011
A new study from the New York University Law School's Brennan Center shows that 5 million people could lose the…
September 27, 2011
ALCOLU, SC -- On June 16th, 1944, the United States put to rest the youngest person ever to be subjected…
August 5, 2011
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Voting Rights Act became law to end Jim Crow suppression of black voters, but today,…
July 11, 2011
OPINION - As a civil rights lawyer who works in the trenches, I am well aware of the barriers that…
February 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Though gospel artists mainly are known for their sacred songs of comfort and consolation, they also sang…
December 29, 2010
Racial "passing" still takes place today, University of Vermont sociologist Nikki Khanna reports in a new study, but in different…
December 25, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - The book covers his life as the first African-American to graduate from Stanford Medical School and becoming…
October 23, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama state senator has recorded phone calls saying that blacks risk "going back to the…
October 15, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
April 30, 2010
OPINION - Once people begin to accept that taking away this piece of our humanity and values is ok, it…
April 15, 2010
OPINION - Gov. McDonnell will require ex-felons seeking to vote to write an essay on the "reasons why you believe…
February 18, 2010
African-Americans have been met with numerous road blocks to freedom but have nonetheless held firm that the US Constitution guarantees…
November 11, 2009
VIDEO - Elijah McKelvin, like many in his time, joined the United States military forces to fight in what was…
September 22, 2009
VIDEO - There are currently more than 5 million American citizens who cannot vote because of a criminal conviction, and…