Jessica Valoris

U.S. Says Blacks in Mississippi Suppress White Vote

The RaceWire Beat - 10.11.06

U.S. Says Blacks in Mississippi Suppress White Vote
The first federal lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act accusing blacks of suppressing the rights of whites.

NYPD Profiles Black Subway Riders
Five Brooklyn Transit police officers blow the whistle on a captain who issued an order to stop and frisk every black man at a train station.

Studying the Slave Trade
Chicago Commission seeks to shape how history is or is not taught.

The RaceWire Beat is a digest of the day’s top news stories on race and politics collected by the staff at ColorLines magazine.

Posted at 1:57 PM, Oct 11, 2006 in News | Permalink | View Comments