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By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Guest Columnist Sixty years ago, March 15, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, during a Joint Session of Congress said, “At times history and fate meet at a single time ...
Are we starting to see the hardball attitude that many frustrated Democrats have been urging their national party to adopt?
Leaders gather in New Orleans to honor the 65th anniversary of the New Orleans Four and announce a Legacy Weekend in November ...
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 8, 2025 U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, thought to be the Hoosier Democrat most ...
A lawsuit filed by the Virginia NAACP against Gov. Glenn Youngkin for an alleged failure to produce records in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request has recently been ordered to a lower ...
March 7, 1965 -- approximately 600 peaceful demonstrators approached the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. They had begun their procession less than a mile away at the Brown Chapel A ...
On Aug. 6, 2025, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, while recognizing we must not only preserve the ...
Leaders and researchers look back at Watts since the 1965 riots and answer the question: Is it better now than back then?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Morgantown, the Community Coalition for Social ...
Royal Oak wins it 12-10. (Aug. 7, 2025) Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Morgantown, the Community Coalition for Social Justice held a special celebration to ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...