He first held the seat from 1987 to 1996 until he left to serve as president of the N.A.A.C.P. and was replaced by Mr. Cummings, who died in October. WASHINGTON — Kweisi Mfume, a former Democratic congressman and president of the N.A.A.C.P., won a special election on Tuesday to represent Baltimore in Congress, reclaiming a […]
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Former mayor and UCLA alumnus Tom Bradley focus of new online archive | UCLA
The UCLA Film &Television Archive has created a digital portal showcasing local news footage of former Los Angeles Mayor and UCLA alumnus, Tom Bradley. Bradley, who was the first African American to lead the city, was also Los Angeles’ longest-tenured mayor, serving from 1973 to 1993. Bradley died in 1998. Made up of news footage donated by […]
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Black church snubs Bloomberg as congregants stand, turn their backs | The Washington Times
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg was snubbed Sunday by numerous congregants at a historically black church in Selma, Alabama. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] According to a report in the New York Daily News, several members of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church stood up and turned their back on Mr. Bloomberg as he was was speaking. […]
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‘Tidal wave of voter suppression’ washes over states, lawyer says | NBC News
“They can do it electronically, they can do it digitally and in ways we never thought about when I was coming along,” said Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] law will make elections fairer In Texas, officials in mostly white Waller County, citing cost concerns, announced that they would not make an early voting site […]
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There Have Been 10 Black Senators Since Emancipation | The New York Times
Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first. A few days ago, 300 people gathered in the Old State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the election of Hiram Revels as the nation’s first African-American member of Congress. As nearly everyone knows, in the nation’s more than two centuries of […]
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on what really happened at Obama’s ‘beer summit.’ | The New York Times Magazine
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is one of a handful of academics who have crossed over into something approaching true celebrity. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Which is apparently what happens when you’ve written and edited dozens of books of popular history; had a guiding hand in 18 major documentaries on black history, the most recent of which was […]
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Trump allies are handing out cash to black voters | Politico
Organizers have begun holding events in black communities where they lavish praise on the president while handing out thousands of dollars in giveaways. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Allies of Donald Trump have begun holding events in black communities where organizers lavish praise on the president as they hand out tens of thousands of dollars to lucky attendees. […]
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Cory Booker Drops Out of 2020 Presidential Race | The New York Times
The New Jersey senator, who built his campaign around a message of unity, was unable to catch on with substantial numbers of voters and ended his quest before voting began. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Monday, ending a nearly yearlong quest built around a […]
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Mike Espy Would Be Mississippi’s First Black Senator in 139 Years, But Governor Bryant Says It’d Begin ‘1000 Years of Darkness’ | Deep South Voice
Phil Bryant, Mississippi’s outgoing Republican governor, is warning that the election of Democrat Mike Espy, an African American who served as the US Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton, would kick off a millennium of “darkness.” [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Espy is challenging US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican that Bryant appointed to fill a vacancy in […]
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MUHAMMAD: Mayor Hatcher Stood First and Stood Tall | The Washington Informer
Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher joined his ancestors on Dec. 13, after a long and distinguished career in public service. He also made a sacrifice and did this reporter a big, big favor some 40 years ago. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Both he and Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes were elected on Nov. 7, 1967. They were the […]
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