THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND SLAVERY – YES, SLAVERY
Sometimes I want to scream and this is one of them. How many of you want to get rid of the Electoral College because it trumps (pun not deliberate) the […]
Category Archives: Voting Rights
The Glass Ceiling Holds
I think it is a good time to do a quick review of women’s history as it relates to the right to vote. Modern women/girls have the freedom to come […]
LOSERS, WEEPERS
I hope you are ready for the election to end! One more day until sanity returns, although I don’t believe sanity will be the result of this election regardless of […]
Mississippi Voting: you’ve got to be kidding!
I just came back from a Civil Rights Travel Course sponsored by Solano Community College. I’ll be sharing some of the things I learned. Some of them make no […]
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN: Thwarting Democracy
James Bovard said, “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” The wolves are at work and they are making […]
Come One, Come All
Please join me at a voter registration event in Charleston, South Carolina. This is a bipartisan event and all political candidates are welcome. Location: The College of Charleston, Robert Scott […]
Why Worry About Protecting the Right to Vote
I have a Canadian friend who frequently asks me why I am so worried about people losing the right to vote even though they are legally able to do so. […]
Confederate Parades
Ah, it didn’t take long for the Confederate parades to begin. Please don’t watch if you are offended by obscene language. I remember smaller parades in front of my house […]
Jim Crow Returns
Having just seen “Selma” about the drive for the right to vote in Alabama, I find this article appalling. You can check to see if your name is on the […]
Harvard Students Flunk Black Literacy Test
I have heard of the literacy tests black adults used to have to take to register to vote. I have rarely seen one. I think this piece of history is […]
