Category Archives: African American History
Republicans Move to Strip Critical Race Theorist Martin Luther King Jr. of His Holiday
Republican lawmakers, aghast at discovering disturbing quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. smacking of critical race theory, are taking steps toward legislation cancelling the holiday. Freshman congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who insists she was King’s “biggest fan” until she read other statements he had made besides the ones frequently quoted from his big hit speech …
Republicans Systematically Outlaw Teaching of Systemic Racism
The party of free speech and local control is systematically using state governments to suppress any teaching in schools and universities that systematic racism has existed and continues to exist in the United States. Conservative legislatures in more than a dozen states have proposed or enacted laws to curtail the teaching about the role of …
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Kemp Signs “George Wallace Election Integrity Law” in Georgia
Atlanta–Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the sweeping election law passed by Republicans and named in honor of election integrity pioneer George Wallace on Thursday. While critics have argued that the law was designed to address baseless claims of election fraud and suppress the minority vote, Republicans have steadfastly maintained that not passing the law would …
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H.R. 1 Biggest Power Grab Since Voting Rights Act of 1965 Say Republicans
Washington, D.C. Republicans are righteously decrying the tyranny of the Democrats’ new voting reform bill H.R. 1, vociferously pointing out that the bill, which passed the House on March 3rd, would arrogate to the federal government powers traditionally delegated to the states. “This bill evokes dark memories of the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” Senate …
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Republicans Celebrate Black History Month by Trying to Disenfranchise Black People
Republicans around the country are celebrating Black History Month by proposing a raft of new laws that would restrict voting rights in their states with a particular emphasis on curtailing the votes of African Americans. In Georgia for instance, House Bill 531 would eliminate early voting on Sundays, which have been used in the “Souls …