Voting rights timeline: Battle for the ballot NABJ Black News & Views

Threat to voting rights comes to California - The Voice of San Francisco

Last week, the Berkeley Institute of Government Studies poll found that over 60 percent of Californians believe that American democracy is in serious trouble. While we typically associate threats to democracy or the right to vote with states like Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and North Carolina, this time, it’s like a horror film, “The Call is Coming from Inside the House.” On Wednesday, the California State Assembly is considering a constitutional…

Voting rights timeline: Battle for the ballot NABJ Black News & Views

Oct. 4-7, 1864: In Syracuse, New York, the National Convention of Colored Men – comprised mainly of delegates from the North but also some from Virginia (5), North Carolina (2), Louisiana (2), Mississippi (1), and Florida (1) – issue an eloquent appeal for an end to slavery at the end of the Civil War and