Civil rights museums to visit in Alabama are discussed here: Venture Bound: Alabama museums detail civil rights movement
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Misinformation impedes voting rights of Illinois’ formerly incarcerated | Chicago Reporter
Restoration of rights has become a focal point in recent years. This article highlights the misinformation that takes place in Illinois and elsewhere across the country. Illinois is among the few states where formerly incarcerated regain their voting rights after release, but many are misinformed and unaware.
Source: Misinformation impedes voting rights of Illinois’ formerly incarcerated | Chicago Reporter
Gov. Edwards signs bills to toughen anti-hazing laws, restore voting rights for convicted felons | News | livingstonparishnews.com
BATON ROUGE — Tougher anti-hazing legislation and a law allowing voting rights to a select group of convicted felons gained the signature of Gov. John Bel Edwards during the week.
— Read on www.livingstonparishnews.com/content/tncms/live/
Victory for voting rights!!!
Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education Get Sued for Abandoning Discrimination Complaints
The NAACP is once again taking it to the courts, this time filing a federal lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her Department of Education for abandoning civil-rights-enforcement regulations and dismissing hundreds of complaints.
— Read on www.theroot.com/the-naacp-sues-betsy-devos-and-the-department-of-educat-1826517933
Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education Get Sued for Abandoning Discrimination Complaints
The NAACP is once again taking it to the courts, this time filing a federal lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her Department of Education for abandoning civil-rights-enforcement regulations and dismissing hundreds of complaints.
— Read on www.theroot.com/the-naacp-sues-betsy-devos-and-the-department-of-educat-1826517933
Research in Action: Disenfranchisement Study Impacts New Voting Rights Laws | News Article | Lehigh University
Professor Holona Ochs’ research on voter disenfranchisement cited in court case.
— Read on www1.lehigh.edu/news/research-in-action-disenfranchisement-study-impacts-new-voting-rights-laws
Here’s a voting rights lawsuit in California Santa Ana suspends updating council wards pending lawsuit over voting rights – Orange County Register
Santa Ana suspends updating council wards pending lawsuit over voting rights – Orange County Register
— Read on www.ocregister.com/2018/05/17/santa-ana-suspends-updating-council-wards-pending-lawsuit-over-voting-rights/
This is important!!Louisiana to restore voting rights to people on probation and parole for felonies | The Latest
Lawmakers changed votes and debated Biblical parables in surprise debate
— Read on m.bestofneworleans.com/thelatest/archives/2018/05/17/louisiana-to-restore-voting-rights-to-people-on-probation-and-parole-for-felonies
Unseen photographs of civil rights conflict in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963 | US news | The Guardian
Many of these images, taken in 1963 by Colin Jones and discovered in the Observer’s picture archive, have never before been published
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2018/may/12/unseen-photographs-of-civil-rights-conflict-in-birmingham-alabama-1963
U.S. Voting System Still Vulnerable To Cyberattacks 6 Months Before Election Day : NPR
Officials have their eyes open to the threats in a way they didn’t in 2016, but they are limited by a lack of time and resources.
— Read on www.npr.org/2018/05/08/599452050/the-u-s-voting-system-remains-vulnerable-6-months-before-election-day-what-now
Here’s a story about using economic power to create change. The people united can never be defeated. #powertothepeople
Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement : The Salt : NPR
Meet The Fearless Cook Who Secretly Fed — And Funded — The Civil Rights Movement : The Salt : NPR
OpEd: Will the NFL Stand Up to Trump and Acknowledge the Dignity of its Players? – NBC News
#BlackOutNFL
Fantasy Football: The NFL is Creating a Toxic Work Environment
Source: OpEd: Will the NFL Stand Up to Trump and Acknowledge the Dignity of its Players? – NBC News
Border Patrol Arrests Near Safe Zones Worry Immigrant Advocates : NPR
The Sanchezes, who are undocumented immigrants, were apprehended while taking their son to emergency surgery. Immigrant advocates fear this is the new normal under the Trump administration.
Source: Border Patrol Arrests Near Safe Zones Worry Immigrant Advocates : NPR

