by MCDC | Aug 20, 2016 | 2016 General Election, History, News, Racism
In 1989 five young black men were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman jogging in New York City. Leading the charge against them was a real estate mogul whose divisive rhetoric can be found in his presidential campaign today. Yusef Salaam was 15 years old...
by MCDC | May 21, 2016 | Action Alerts, History, News, Racism
“Almost all of the civil rights cold cases that have been resolved in the past 40 years owe that resolution to the efforts of reporters, investigative journalists and local prosecutors.” View at...
by MCDC | May 3, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, History, News, Racism, Virginia
https://youtu.be/12QglUuwYNc Started during Reconstruction at the end of the Civil War, the Klan quickly mobilized as a vigilante group to intimidate Southern blacks – and any whites who would help them – and to prevent them from enjoying basic civil...
by MCDC | May 1, 2016 | Civil Rights, Equal Rights, History, Income Inequality
Martin Luther King, Jr to César Chávez “As brothers in the fight for equality, I extend the hand of fellowship and good will and wish continuing success to you and your members. The fight for equality must be fought on many fronts–in the urban slums, in the sweat...
by MCDC | Apr 8, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Events, History, Madison County, Virginia
The Madison County Democratic Committee Cordially invites you to join us for our 10th annual Founders Dinner Opening remarks by Jane Dittmar Democratic Candidate for U.S. Congress Keynote address by Dorothy L. Holcomb Director, Moton Museum Council Educated in spite...
by MCDC | Sep 3, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, 2017 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, History, Madison County, Racism, Video, Voter Rights
Please join the Madison County Democratic Committee at our next regular meeting, Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at the George James Community Center, located at 1215 George James Loop, Radiant, VA 22732. We’ll have a brief business meeting, followed...
