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MORIAL: Louisiana’s Attack on Voting Rights Deepens Civil Rights Crisis

by Marc H. Morial September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

Melanie Campbell, the president and CEO of the NCBCP, said that her group was deeply concerned about the proposed cuts to after school programs for poor children, Meals on Wheels for our senior citizens, and clean air and water protections for communities across the country. This photo was taken during the 2016 Black Women’s Roundtable Women of Power National Summit in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

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Civil Rights Leader Calls for Action on 60th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act

by WI Web Staff August 7, 2025August 8, 2025

Martin Luther King Jr. during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, during which he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, calling for an end to racism (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)

EDITORIAL: Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: Continues

by WI Editorial Staff April 3, 2024April 3, 2024

**FILE** The Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Wikimedia Commons)

MORIAL: Federal Appeals Court Decision on Voting Rights Act ‘Intellectually Bankrupt’

by Marc H. Morial November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

A handful of voters cast their ballots at the Silver Spring Civic Building in Silver Spring, Maryland, on July 7, the first day of the early voting period for the state's primary election. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)

Federal Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to Voting Rights

by Stacy M. Brown November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

JESSE JACKSON: The Movement for Justice Will Not Be Deterred

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. July 14, 2021December 21, 2021

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: The Right to Vote is the Foundation of Democracy

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. March 24, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience

Rash of GOP-Led Voter Suppression Bills Cast Shadow on America

by WI Guest Author March 17, 2021December 21, 2021

Black Experience, Election 2022, Stacy M. Brown

Why Voting Matters to African Americans More than Ever in 2020

by WI Guest Author October 26, 2020December 21, 2021

Residents line up to vote at the Southern Regional Technology and Recreation Complex in Fort Washington, Maryland, on June 2, the day of the state's primary election. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)

JEALOUS: It’s Up to Us to Defend the Black Vote

by WI Guest Author October 21, 2020December 21, 2021

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