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Black Experience, National

Supreme Court Rules Ohio Voter Purges are Legal

by WI Guest Author June 11, 2018October 31, 2020

Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, speaks during a Black History Month celebration at the Twelfth Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Washington, D.C. (Claudette Perry/NNPA)

NNPA to Register 5 Million Black Voters

by WI Guest Author May 30, 2018October 31, 2020

BONEY: Let’s Take Over the Polls

by WI Guest Author May 9, 2018October 31, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion for equity in education. Ralph Abernathy and his wife Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. The children are (from left) Donzaleigh Abernathy (in striped sweater), Ralph David Abernathy III and Juandalynn R. Abernathy (in glasses). The name of the White minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy family photos/Wikipedia Commons)

BONEY: Non-Voting Blacks Ignore Bloody War for Voting Rights

by WI Guest Author April 25, 2018October 31, 2020

The March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 drew thousands of protesters, many of them students, on Constitution Avenue in northwest D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Bill Seeks to Lower D.C. Voting Age to 16

by Tatyana Hopkins – Washington Informer Contributing Writer April 18, 2018October 31, 2020

Voting booths at Hermosa Beach City Hall during California Primary /Photo: iStock

BONEY: Go Vote — Somebody Paid the Price

by WI Guest Author April 18, 2018October 31, 2020

D’Angelo McCade, a high school student from Chicago, delivers a passionate speech March 24 at the March for Our Lives rally in D.C. He and other teenagers demanded lawmakers approve stronger gun legislation. (Maurice Bland)

EDITORIAL: Voter Education, Not Age, Will Make a Difference

by WI Guest Author April 11, 2018October 31, 2020

North Carolina State Legislative Office Building

Feds Order North Carolina to Redraw Congressional Map

by WI Guest Author January 10, 2018October 31, 2020

Michael Gilmore

Black Experience, Politics

Mich. Congressional Hopeful Sues Governor, Claims Denial of Voting Rights

by WI Guest Author January 2, 2018October 31, 2020

The Rev. Wendell Anthony participates in a panel on voting rights and activism during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 47th Annual Legislative Conference in northwest D.C. on Sept. 22. (William J. Ford/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience, National, William J. Ford

Civic Engagement Must Start at Early Age, CBCF Panel Urges

by William J. Ford September 22, 2017October 31, 2020