November 2014
November 13th, 2014
Written by Mark Sherman - ... in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 0 Comments
The Supreme Court will review the U.S voting district in a case which alleges that Republicans relied too heavily on race to draw new electoral maps following the 2010 census. In last week's elections, Alabama Republicans shrank their once-powerful Democratic opponents to just eight seats in the state Senate, all of them from districts in which African-Americans are a majority.
Black Democrats...
November 13th, 2014
Written by Eric Tucker in Race Relations, Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
Civil Rights lawyer, John Doar, a Lincoln Republican who as a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s fought to protect the rights of black voters and worked against segregation in the South, died Tuesday at age 92. The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son, Burke Doar.
Doar was a Justice Department civil rights lawyer from 1960 to 1967, serving in the final months of...
November 10th, 2014
Written by Lenore Sobota in All About Family, Race Relations with 1 Comment
Ronald Reagan had three black classmates, making it the most diverse freshman class ever when he enrolled in Eureka College in the fall of 1928. Willie Sue Smith, who became the first black woman to graduate from Eureka College had a connection to Eureka that started well before she came for college in fall 1928 - the same year as Ronald Reagan.
Her parents - Harry and Lula Smith - passed through...
November 10th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in Discrimination Cases, Race Relations with 1 Comment
Four Whitten Inn hotels have been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for racial discrimination against minority employees who were subjected to racial slurs, derogatory comments and retaliation for seeking remedy. The hotel chain broke the law by subjecting minority employees in New Mexico, Texas and South Carolina to a hostile work environment and firing those who...
November 10th, 2014
Written by Jennifer Agiesta in Eyes On The Enterprise, National Collegiate Dialogue, Race Relations with 16 Comments
Why is the Democratic Party losing white voters, which was quite evident in results of the 2014 mid-term election when Republican candidates made gains in both houses of Congress? White voters of all ages were less likely to back Democrats this year than in elections past, helping Republicans nationwide but most acutely in the South - and overpowering Democratic efforts to turn out their core...