by MCDC | Mar 30, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Racism, Surveys
h/t JAM (click to see the quiz) If you answered “A” to any question, then perhaps your religious liberty is indeed at stake. You and your faith group have every right to now advocate for equal protection under the law. But just remember this one little,...
by MCDC | Mar 18, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Voter Rights
The Nashville Student Organizing Committee and a group of nine students from Fisk University and Tennessee State University, both historically black colleges, filed a lawsuit in early March against the state, alleging that excluding student IDs from the acceptable...
by MCDC | Mar 15, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, History, Racism, Video
Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, civil rights activists, demonstrating for voting rights, were savagely attacked by Alabama state troopers and vigilantes as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. That day became known as “Bloody Sunday.” That night, ABC News...
by MCDC | Mar 8, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Events, History, News, Racism, Voter Rights
Civil rights leaders Hosea Williams (wearing a suit) and John Lewis (on the ground) led the march on that Sunday afternoon. Lewis, who has been a congressman from Georgia since being elected in 1986, was badly injured in Selma, suffering a fractured skull after being...
by MCDC | Mar 5, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Racism
So far, a disproportionate amount of press attention has focused on racist emails circulated by Ferguson officials, causing two to be fired and one to be placed on leave. While the correspondence in question is deeply offensive and worthy of condemnation, it is...
