Tag: Poor People’s Campaign
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
By Sharon Austin, University of Florida
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers.
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Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
By Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of...
Congress Passes Measure to Raise Debt Ceiling, Avoiding Government Default
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Congress has approved legislation to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion, a move that preempts...
Study: Poor, Low-Income Voters Comprised Over One-Third of Those Casting Ballots in 2020 Presidential...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Poor and low-income people accounted for more than a third of all voters overall in the...
Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is Latest Lawmaker Arrested in Voting Rights Fight
The Brennan Center directly tied the new laws to “racist voter fraud allegations behind the Big Lie – former President Donald Trump’s false claims...
