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Return of Jim Crow

Alito Said Racism Was Over. Southern States Are Now Rushing to Revive Jim Crow.

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) is the first Black member of Congress elected from South Carolina since Reconstruction, and the only Black Democrat ever elected from the state. He has be...

It is Past Time to Retire Jim Crow

by Ray Cardello at CDN - The Supreme Court delivered a ruling a few weeks ago that the entire country should have celebrated, finding that it is unconstitutional for states to rea...

From Jim Crow to ‘Right to Work’: Virginia’s long war against organized labor

Virginia adopted its “right to work” law in 1947, right in the middle of the segregation era.

Black advocates in NC warn Jim Crow era ‘never ended’ as voting maps shift across South

The Supreme Court significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act in an April ruling this year.

‘Jim Crow 2.0’: South Carolina’s Republicans move to oust state’s only Black congressman since 1897

James Clyburn could now find his district dismantled after supreme court effectively gutted Voting Rights ActSouth Carolina has had exactly one Black representative in Congress sin...

Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama

Elie Mystal A federal district court struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The post Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setba...

SCOTUS kills Voting Rights Act

Hello, Jim Crow 2.0

Watch: Rep. Hunt Shatters Dems' Jim Crow 2.0 Lie Right to Their Faces, Says as a Direct Descendent of a Slave 'I Can Ass...

When a free-thinking black man emerges to expose Democrats’ sinister game of race-baiting, Democrats either demonize or ignore him. No doubt the same thing will happen to Rep. Wesl...

The Supreme Court Has Unleashed 'Jim Crow 2.0' As The South Rolls Back Black Representation

The decision gutting the Voting Rights Act has commenced the largest rollback of Black representation in the South since the end of Reconstruction.

Roberts on Jim Crow Island

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Donna Brazile: Supreme Court Is 'Bringing Us Back to Jim Crow'

Democratic strategist Donna Brazile said Sunday on ABC's "This Week" that the Supreme Court striking down a voting map in Louisiana was "bringing us back to Jim Crow." The post Don...

Eric Holder: We're At the Beginning of a 'Modern Jim Crow Era'

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday on MSNBC's "The Weeknight" that the United States was at the beginning of a "modern Jim Crow era" because the Supreme Court ruled ag...

‘DEFINITION OF JIM CROW’: Republican Turns the Tables on Democrats’ Redistricting Rhetoric

While Democrats have recently branded voter ID requirements as a form of “Jim Crow,” a black Republican former delegate in Virginia is flipping the script... Read More The post ‘DE...

Dem Rep. Frost: GOP Has Brought This Country into 'Jim Crow 2.0'

Friday on MS NOW's "Deadline," Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said the Republican Party had brought the country into "Jim Crow 2.0." The post Dem Rep. Frost: GOP Has Brought This Countr...

Dem Rep. Frost: GOP Has Brought This Country into 'Jim Crow 2.0'

Friday on MS NOW's "Deadline," Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said the Republican Party had brought the country into "Jim Crow 2.0." The post Dem Rep. Frost: GOP Has Brought This Countr...

Black Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt dismisses talks of Jim Crow 2.0: ‘Racism is over’

“The message from today’s Republican Party is clear: Black faces are welcome as spokespeople, but Black political power itself is

History Repeats!

[Essay]Us old-timers remember the "Dixiecrats." They were the Southern Democratic base—a solid, conservative, Christian, and pro-Jim Crow voting bloc. Led by figures like Strom Thu...

Sick of the return of Jim Crow? Then stand up, speak up, and SHOW UP

Vote out all the Republican white supremacists and their enablers

'SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!' Chants And Horns As Tennessee GOP Pass New Jim Crow Maps

You would think that if Republicans were so sure their policies were the right ones for their states and the country, they would want everyone to vote and everyone to be represente...

Hakeem Jeffries Warns The 'Ghost Of The Confederacy' Is Still Haunting America

The House Minority Leader compared Republican gerrymandering efforts to Jim Crow-era injustice during a Wednesday press conference.

Why the Left Is Crying Jim Crow - Again

A pastor rejects claims that the Supreme Court gutted voting rights, arguing the Louisiana v. Callais ruling ends racial sorting and advances equality.

“We Could See the Largest Drop in Black Representation Since the End of Reconstruction.”

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court dealt a death blow to the country’s most important civil rights legislation, the Voting Rights Act of 1965—the law that defeated Jim Crow. For 100 y...