by MCDC | Apr 11, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Racism
Bill O’Reilly spares no opportunity to disseminate mistruths that undermine the experiences and threaten the lives of Black communities. On the April 8th edition of The O’Reilly Factor, he was at it again, using debunked statistics to claim more white than Black...
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 21, 2015 | Action Alerts, Discrimination, Issues, News, Racism
It’s time for #Republicans in Congress to stop playing politics with law enforcement and national security and confirm Loretta Lynch as Attorney General of the United States. President Obama and Democrats are losing patience with the Republican-controlled...
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...
