Subterms
Five years after a white officer shot Walter Scott in the back, those associated with the case hope its memory will steer voters Anthony Scott honours the memory of his brother Walter each time he casts a ballot. “I’m not the sort of person to go and visit graves,” he said, sat at a bustling […] More
The discriminatory voting system in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, allowed white people to win every city council seat. Now residents are fighting back More from this series: Alabama blocked a man from voting because he owed $4 Everyone in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, seems to know that if you really want to find out what the city […] More
As we head back to South Carolina, the state that fought to protect the white primary until the 1950s, it’s as if black voters don’t matter – again In 1896, a moment marked by increased lynchings, violence and disfranchisement, South Carolina added to the woes and created the white primary. The law, which the rest […] More
Will African Americans overlook Bloomberg’s controversial history as New York mayor if they think he can beat Trump? The former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has made a huge push in recent weeks to attract black voters to his ground-breaking campaign to win the Democratic nomination for president. As he has poured more than half […] More
Black Americans’ relocation back to the south is changing voting blocs and making Democratic races more competitive Najeema Davis Washington spent more than 15 years as a federal employee in Washington DC before she returned to Charleston, the city she left in 1996. She brought with her a progressive outlook that ran counter to the […] More
Candidate said in 2011 an ‘enormous cohort of black and Latino men don’t know how to behave in workplace’ Michael Bloomberg has been plunged into a new controversy over comments made on race, with the presidential candidate stating that there is an “enormous cohort of black and Latino males” who “don’t know how to behave […] More
John Rogers and Mellody Hobson to host African American speakers next week as billionaire seeks black votes Two prominent Democratic donors in Chicago with deep ties to Barack Obama will next week co-host an event for former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. Related: Once a longshot, Bloomberg is gaining ground in California. Will it last? […] More
America’s black population includes many differences based on geography, gender and a host of other factors Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech featured a series of cameo appearances by black Americans. Similar to his Super Bowl ad, Trump aimed to signal to black people that he cares about education and addiction in inner […] More
