Black Voters Matter has relaunched its We Fight Back campaign, expanding its focus from voting rights to strengthening Black communities through healthcare advocacy, environmental justice, legal support, youth engagement and mutual aid networks. The campaign aims to resist rollbacks in civil rights and democracy while building lasting political and economic power.
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Walter P. Carter Institute launches civic leadership program to empower Baltimore’s future changemakers
The Walter P. Carter Institute of Leadership and Service has launched its first major initiative, the Community Leadership and Empowerment Program (CLEP), a free 10-week course designed to cultivate Baltimore’s next generation of grassroots leaders. Rooted in the legacy of civil rights icon Walter P. Carter, the program equips participants with tools in civic engagement, advocacy and public service to help them lead meaningful change in their communities
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May Day and the intersection of civil and workers’ rights
On this May Day, union and civil rights leaders highlight the historic and ongoing intersection between labor rights and civil rights, emphasizing a legacy of shared struggle for dignity, fair wages and justice. From exclusionary practices to powerful alliances like those between the NAACP and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, today’s rallies honor a united fight that continues to demand equity and opportunity for all.
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From policy to impact: CBCF launches tool to analyze executive orders
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) has launched a new Executive Order Tracker to help Black Americans, researchers and advocates monitor federal policies in real time. Designed to provide clarity on how executive actions impact Black communities, the tool enables users to filter by government agency and key issue areas, like civil rights, economic opportunity and education.
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Legally Written: Justice takes time: How Metropolitan AME used the courts to defeat the Proud Boys
The Proud Boys have been ordered to pay Metropolitan AME Church $2.8 million in damages for their trespassing and vandalism, with the judge seizing the Proud Boys’ name and trademark as restitution.
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Ramona Edelin, influential activist and education advocate, dies at 78
Ramona Edelin, a renowned activist and academic, who was pivotal in popularizing the term “African American” and advancing civil rights, education reform and community empowerment, died at the age of 78 due to cancer.
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This Black History Month fight for the freedom to learn
By Svante Myrick A little over a year ago, the College Board unveiled its long-awaited draft AP African American Studies curriculum. What happened next was sad — and all too predictable. Florida officials, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), howled. They claimed the course “lacks educational value” and violated state laws against teaching about race […]
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he’s finally getting his due
By Jake CoyleAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most were flying back from hunting trips […]
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Black leaders on Eastern Shore celebrate political progress
By Stephen Janis and Taya Graham, Special to the AFRO On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the landscape is replete with reminders of the peninsula’s racist past. The Harriet Tubman center sits astride the pathways she navigated to guide slaves to freedom. Signs point to the birthplace of Frederick Douglass, whose seminal book “Narrative of the Life […]
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Bloody Sunday memorial to honor late civil rights giants
In this March 7, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama, center, walks as he holds hands with Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was beaten during “Bloody Sunday,” as the then-first family and others including Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., left of Obama, walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., for the 50th anniversary of “Bloody […]