In North, in this year, there was wild talk of using troops to dissolve Congress and arrest its leaders and in South thousands on thousands of Black people thronged the dusty roads, shouting defiance and demanding division of the loaves and fishes. ..…

As a Black woman running for Congress in a red district making history, I am now more determined than ever to make a pathway for other women of color to be able to run and get resources. ... Once I win, because I’ve already claimed it, yes I’ll make history as the first Black..…

Another factor that makes EFF real threat to ANC has been its ability to position thus occupying the space that would have belonged to Black Consciousness Movement, the Pan Africanist Congress, and allied organizations. Through its skillful use of rhetoric, EFF has except usurped the..…

American culture is rooted colonialism, the taking of Native American land and the enslavement of African people according to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's account in. ..…

November 3 – Black is Back Coalition march to the White House for peace in Africa.  ... November 10 – Peace Congress to End U.S. Wars at Home and Abroad. This will be a full day conference to define next steps for collaboration by activists and organizations in the US. ..…

Lincoln could have asked Miller his views on the scope of black freedom, but he never did. ... And with no opposition in Congress, the Senate confirmed Miller in just hours. . ..…

Only 43% say they follow what’s going on in politics and government most of the time (the lowest of any typology group), and just 44% say it matters a great deal which party wins control of Congress next year. . Who they are: Devout and Diverse are majority non-white: Three-in-ten are..…

Keith Ellison (Associated Press) As Black men are made to denounce other Black leaders for their rhetoric in order to get ahead, no one is forced to repudiate the racially discriminatory policies of individuals, organizations and corporations who serve against the interests of Black people. . .....…

Bakersfield is 46 percent Latino, 8 percent Black and 38 percent white, yet 74 percent of the police officers are white, 21 percent are Latino and less than 5 percent are Black.  Kevin McCarthy, who represents Bakersfield in Congress, is a conservative Republican member of the Tea Party. . ..…

The stiff guidelines and the minimum sentencing laws have swelled the population. ..…

But in this Congress, for the time ever, the committee has two women members, one of them black. ..…

Rehnquist wrote letter to three black members of Congress, defending and his fellow justices against charges they have discriminated against blacks and Hispanics in their hiring of law clerks.. ..…

The book also describes political developments that influenced President Lyndon Johnson to support the in 1965, and later events that supported the congressional reenactments of VRA signed by President Richard Nixon in 1970, by President Gerald Ford in 1975, by President Ronald Reagan in 1982, and by..…

While formally liberal, Black elected officials were compelled to become administrators of right-wing social policies. . As for the two dozen Black representatives in Congress, they were powerless to stop Reagan's attacks on civil rights and affirmative action. ..…

Bobby Rush, a former Black Panther, from his seat in Congress in the 2000 elections. ..…