How do we defeat voter suppression tactics?
How do we defeat voter suppression tactics when they’re fueled by billionaires’ cash and partisan power? The same way the Voting Rights Act was first won over 50 years ago… READ MORE
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Rev. Joseph Echols Lowery (1921-2020)
Civil Rights leader Rev. Joseph Echols Lowery died at home, surrounded by his daughters, on Friday, March 27, at the age of 98. He did not put down his sword until his last day. It was Rev. Lowery who agreed to have Helen Butler, the Executive Director of his organization, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda, join me as a co-plaintiff in our successful federal suit against Georgia’s GOP Sec. of State, now Governor, Brian Kemp. Sadly, this is
Kings or Slaves?
Today, we honor a man whose courage must now be ours; and then we can make America truly great again. On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Georgia for driving with an
Martin Luther King's Cousin Blocked by Kemp from Casting a Ballot: Despite Voting in every Election for 50 Years
Today I visited 92-year-old Christine Jordan who was blocked from voting in Georgia. I spent time with her and her granddaughter Jessica
How JFK Saved MLK’s Life: And So Won The Presidency
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Georgia for driving with an Alabama driver’s license and sentenced to six months hard labor. No one expected King to survive
How Do You Steal a Dream?Supreme Court hears suit to kill Voting Rights Act
Jim Crow is alive and well – and he has mounted a new attack on the law Martin Luther King dreamed of:
