Jim Crow Laws

North Carolina Amendment 1: Jim Crow 2.0

Joe Calder | Posted 05.08.2012

Joe Calder

My question to all North Carolinians is this: Do we really want Amendment 1 of the North Carolina Constitution to restrict the rights of fellow citizens?

Escaping Jim Crow in Florida

Desmond Meade | Posted 03.29.2012

Desmond Meade

I'm an American that's free enough to vote and practice law in South Carolina, then I should be free enough to vote and practice law in Florida. Redemption and restoration should be a prevailing spirit throughout the borders of the U.S.

Modern-Day 'Jim Crow' School Segregation?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.23.2011

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, director of the University of Minnesota Law School’s Institute on Race & Poverty Myron Orfield said that char...

Paige Lavender

WATCH: Bill Clinton Goes After Voter ID Bills

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 09.06.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton went after Republican governors and legislators on Wednesday for their "disciplined, passionate, determine...

An Honest Man's Story Offers a Compelling Civil Rights Lesson

Kate Kelly | Posted 06.13.2011

Kate Kelly

To teach about civil rights, we need the stories of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, but we also need the stories of the unsung heroes like Worcy Crawford (1917-2010).

Want a job with incoming NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman? Then you'd better study up on Charles Hamilton Houston!

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011

Claudia Ricci

Eric Schneiderman, who is poised to become New York State's next Attorney General in just a few short weeks, has been interviewing a lot of lawyers la...

White Man's Burden: A History of Nationalism from Leonard Zeskind (VIDEO)

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

John Wellington Ennis

Zeskind explained to me in this interview that many of the mainstream mouthpieces bemoaning the disenfranchised white man are pandering to an existent culture ingrained with separatism.

Lock-up: What Behind the Mass Incarceration Across the Nation?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Arlene M. Roberts

Where have all the black men gone? Michelle Alexander, in her recently released book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, answers the question head on.

2009 Gary Roosevelt High School Commencement Address

Robert D. Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert D. Patterson

I really wanted to help them understand that despite the positive changes in the current political landscape, they will need to be prepared for the inevitable backlash.