April Watts talks with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Northern California) at the Congressional Black Caucus 44th Annual Legislative Conference.  Watch the video to find out what the…

The Congressional Black Caucus 2014 Annual Legislative Conference is underway in the nation’s capital.  Politicos, entrepreneurs, and leaders in thought are converging at the Washington…

  It’s always interesting to see what minor infractions select police officers decide to enforce and to what extent. While I can admittedly attest to the…

02/12/14- Roland Martin talks with Judith Browne Dianis, Co-Director Advancement Project, about Attorney General Eric Holder’s push for convicted felons to have voting rights.

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Many who believe in equal access to the ballot box were shaken when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key section of the Voting…

On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder (pictured) referenced the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965…

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Reverend Al Sharpton joins the Tom Joyner Morning Show to talk about the Voting Rights Act and how the Supreme Court’s change to the act…

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Michael Edwards, a community leader in southern Virginia, spent eight years in prison for a marijuana-trafficking conviction in the 1970s. But he said he feels…

On this day February 9th, 1965 Dr. Martin Luther King met with Prsident Lyndon B. Johonso to read more click here. The voting rights act was later signed that year August 6, 1965  

The Opelousas Massacre in St. Landry Parish, La., has baffled historians over the years. From varying accounts, hundreds of Blacks were reportedly killed, because of…