Tag Archives: 1965 Voting Rights Act

Governor JB Pritzker Discusses New Maps

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Trish Nelson

“We don’t have a lot of choices. We need to be in this fight.”

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“The Vote Is Precious”

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

August 6th is the 60th anniversary of The Voting Rights Act of 1965. by Molly Regan I originally wrote this article in 2020 the week US Representative John Lewis passed. Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 at Cook County … Continue reading →

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60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday  contributed by Molly Regan Saturday, March 8, 2025 1:00PM – 2:30PM MLK Interpretive Center 501 N. Brady St., Davenport, Iowa Join us, on an educational journey, as we discuss the events leading up to, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Minority Rule

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Paul Deaton

A decent history of American politics in the post-Obama era has yet to be written. One can’t rely upon any of the conservative principals to author one, because they have been drinking at the well of minority rule for too … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS Surprise Decision Against Gerrymandering

Posted on June 11, 2023 by Dave Bradley

4 minutes:   Sorry we didn’t remind those among us who are Supreme Court watchers last week that it is June and time for the SCOTUS to wrap up its term with their usual end of term pronouncements that may … Continue reading →

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Congressional Black Caucus Will Defend Voting Rights

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Trish Nelson

thevotingnews.com/voting-rights-debate A day after a top Republican seemed to dismiss the need to restore a critical part of the Voting Rights Act, lawmakers Thursday told NBC News they would re-introduce bipartisan voting rights legislation next week, in what the Congressional … Continue reading →

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