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...
by MCDC | Aug 16, 2015 | Civil Rights, History, News
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary civil rights activist Julian Bond. From his days as the co-founder and communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s to his chairmanship of the NAACP in the 21st...
by MCDC | Aug 12, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, History, News, Racism, Voter Rights
Fifty years ago, the Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests and other measures that had prevented African-Americans from voting. After its passage, Congress amended the act four times to increase its scope. But in 2013, a Supreme Court decision blocked the...
by MCDC | Aug 11, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Equal Rights, Racism
This election isn’t as important as Black Lives Matter. You either agree that black people are in a state of emergency and you pitch in or you don’t and you are part of the problem. But, if progressives continue to throw a tantrum over Black Lives Matter disrupting a...
by MCDC | Aug 11, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Equal Rights, History, Racism, Video
What caused the Civil War? Did the North care about abolishing slavery? Did the South secede because of slavery? Or was it about something else entirely…perhaps states’ rights? Colonel Ty Seidule, Professor of History at the United States Military Academy...
by MCDC | Aug 9, 2015 | Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Racism
So far this year, 24 unarmed black men have been shot and killed by police – one every nine days, according to a Washington Post database of fatal police shootings. During a single two-week period in April, three unarmed black men were shot and killed....
