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The Supreme Court's conservative justices led a sustained attack Wednesday on a key element of the Voting Rights Act, questioning whether one-time bastions of segregation still should be held to account for past discrimination.
The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.
A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory.
It's got all the elements of a Delta blues ballad from the days of Jim Crow: hangman's nooses dangling from a shade tree; a mysterious fire in the night; swift deliberations by a condemning, all-white jury.
Advocates who say black Americans should be compensated for slavery and its Jim Crow aftermath are quietly chalking up victories and gaining momentum.
Play the Race Card: Why We Need to Talk About Obama and Racism Let me say this clearly so there are no misunderstandings: some of the protests against President Obama are howls of rage at the fact that we have an African-American head of state.
Smithsonian's African-American museum to display Emmett Till casket -- chicagotribune.comThis should prove to be a moving display at the Smithsonian.
Several weeks ago I came across an article mentioning the infamous Dr. Watson and questioning the intelligence of 'Blacks.' Bigotry is something I take seriously, so as a matter of course I posted in the comments section and have been up to now.
Sen. Babs Boxer's Arrogance Takes on Racial OvertonesSenator Barbara Boxer, who recently caused controversy with her snide and patronizing comments to a Brigadier General, has now once more displayed her arrogance, this time with with racial overtones.
Loving Jim Crow to DeathKu Klux Klan tries to deceive small town newspaper editor and he strikes back at "Jim Crow". A real event sparks a commentary on the hard work still left to be done after the election of President Barack Obama.
Should Congress Apologize For Slavery?What if Congress apologized for slavery and nobody cared? The Senate on Thursday followed the House in voting to apologize for slavery and the Jim Crow segregation that followed it. ATTENTION CoH, AND IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO SPOUT RACIST GARBAGE IT WILL BE DELETED. thanks
Obama's Southern Problem—And Ours"The New South," wrote journalist Robert Scheer in the 1970s, "is the Old South with air conditioning." Unfortunately, even 30 years of central home air hasn't cooled the white heat of the South.
Senate Apologizes For Slavery : NPRThe U.S. Senate apologized Thursday for slavery and for the segregationist Jim Crow laws, 144 years after the Civil War and 45 years after passing the Civil Rights Act.
Civil Wars - The Fights That Do Not Want to End"If you had asked the Confederates in the American Civil War, that's not what they called it," Mr. Boot said. "For them it was a war of Northern aggression. They saw themselves as an independent state being assaulted by another independent state."
Introduction to the Blues, Part 2The Mississippi Delta was fertile ground for the roots of the blues.
The enemies of Jim Crow Many people might intuitively assume that Southern racism had led to entrenched public segregation long before Southern legislatures made it mandatory. Not so. Separate facilities for blacks and whites were not routine in the South until the early 20th century.
Obama's secret hero: John LewisJohn Lewis had said, "We will march through the South, through the heart of Dixie, the way Sherman did. We shall pursue our own 'scorched earth' policy and burn Jim Crow to the ground––nonviolently.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.
Life in the Clown-Car Fast Lane {Democrats}Life in the Clown-Car Fast Lane, And the party has not even started yet! David Kahane- NRO
Woman Will Celebrate 105th Birthday at Obama's InaugurationA 104-year-old black woman born in Dallas and living most of her life in Ohio will attend Obama's inauguration for her 105th birthday.
George W. Bush and those whites-only Texas suburbsAt a cursory glance, the news about George W. Bush moving into a former whites-only enclave in Texas called Preston Hollow looks to be one of those minor, one-day stories. After all, it's not as if these kinds of covenants are still in existence or are being enforced, right?
Eight arrested in Klan-related killing, police say - CNN.comEight people were arrested Tuesday, one on a charge of murder, in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman at a remote Louisiana campsite during what police say was an initiation ceremony for the Ku Klux Klan.
Today's the day! It is a great day for America. We are a diverse people and this Presidential race is the first to embrace the embodiment of diversity. I took pride this morning when I went out to vote at 6 AM.
Many African Americans Vote Early for Fear of Problems on Election DayBehind the fear is history: Many people have not forgotten the Jim Crow laws that prevented African Americans from voting until the 1960s.
American Stories By ROGER COHEN "For as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible."
How will black Americans react if Obama doesn't winI am a black man born in 1954, the year of Brown vs. Board of Education. Fleeing the abuses of Jim Crow, my parents moved from South Carolina to Washington, D.C., later that decade.
A GOP win by any means necessary.Do you remember how hard it was for black folks to register to vote back in the day? States like Alabama (shout out to the great blog "Left in Alabama"), actually had poll taxes, and "literacy tests" that had to be taken before poor people of color could register.
Cohen's slavery apology fuels global stir, local consternation : WASHINGTON -- The congressional apology for slavery, passed Tuesday, made headlines across the country and generated calls to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen's office from newspapers and radio news outlets around the world.
Civil Rights Commission Hires Voter Suppression Specialist Spakovsky to Work on Voting RightsIt looks like Hans von Spakovsky, an old TPM favorite, is back in business.
Formal Apology For Slavery Issued by HouseThe House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws. It goes on to dicuss why it took so damn long.
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