by MCDC | Jan 13, 2017 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, History, News, Racism, Video
The lost letter from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s widow opposing Jeff Sessions for a federal judgeship in 1986 has been found, and it’s a doozy.. “The irony of Mr. Sessions’ nomination is that, if confirmed, he will be given life tenure for doing...
by MCDC | Dec 18, 2016 | History, News, Opinion
In 2008, we elected one of the most progressive presidents in history. Regardless of the relentless negativity, there has been a lot of significant progress since Barack Obama took office. When he took over in 2009, you’ll recall, the economy was in free-fall...
by MCDC | Nov 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, History, Immigration Reform, Racism
“An elective despotism is not the government we fought for” Thomas Jefferson The two chief characteristics of despotism — restricted respect and concentrated power — are defined and illustrated in this short 1946 film from Encyclopaedia...
by MCDC | Sep 16, 2016 | History, News
THE SMITHSONIAN’S National Museum of African American History and Culture opens on Sept. 24 in Washington after a long journey. Thirteen years since Congress and President George W. Bush authorized its construction, the 400,000-square-foot building stands on a...
by MCDC | Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Civil Rights, Discrimination, History, News, Racism, Virginia
More than one in five African-Americans in Virginia are disenfranchised, according to The Sentencing Project, a Washington-based nonprofit that focuses on criminal justice. McAuliffe has said the reinstatement of felons’ voting rights would distance Virginia from Jim...
by MCDC | Aug 28, 2016 | Audio, Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Equal Rights, History, Quote of the Day, Racism
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963
