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Compton is getting a new mayor, but with no candidate receiving a majority threshold in last month’s primary, residents will have to wait until a June 1 runoff to find out which of the two top vote getters—Cristian Reynaga or Emma Sherif— will precede Aja Brown as mayor of L.A. County’s “Hub city.”
The post Reynaga and Sherif Face Off in June 1 Compton Mayor Runoff appeared first on L.A. Focus News.
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
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By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Now that the Fourth of July is over and we have all been reminded of what Frederick Douglas said and did, the cookouts are behind us, but so is the memory of the White Nationalists marching in the streets of Philadelphia with flags […]
This weekend marks the first round of elections for 568 seats in the lower house of parliament.
If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout game come the general election this November.
Busa analyzed student voter turnout from ten North Carolina campuses, three of them HBCUs – N.C. A&T University, in Greensboro, Winston-Salem State University and North Carolina Central University in Durham.
At least seven of the ten NC universities tracked for student early voting did much better, with six of the top schools coming in with two to three times the state’s overall voter turnout (Duke was at 34%, for instance).
As a result, because 66% of North Carolina voters vote on Primary day, and college students don’t, they effectively caught up percentage-wise with the high college voting, leaving only Duke University (34.3%) to exceed both groups (NC was at 30.6%) in total voter turnout percentages, Busa says.
Initiative to Include Radio Ads, Digital PSAs, Voter Outreach “Caravan” in 11 Key States Today, Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF) announced a major voter outreach ...
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A Michigan pastor says a white woman coughed in his face after he forgot his mask outside a pizza place and declares it be to an act of “racism.”
Michael Hale Jr. told Fox 2 Detroit that he and his wife were waiting for their order outside of Belle Isle Pizza on June 19 in Detroit.
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“She said ‘Have you lost your mask’ or ‘where’s your mask at’ so I responded ‘Well my mask is in the car and she shouldn’t worry about my mask,'” Hale said.
“Mask or not, somebody shouldn’t be allowed to take it into their own hands to police me about what I’m doing, especially if the business owner or the business establishment doesn’t have an issue with it,” said Hale.
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Hale further explained that he did not feel initially supported by the pizza parlor.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Faith Foster Families and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services donated 400 care packages and meals to foster families.
Free meals, groceries, diapers and hand sanitizers were provided to needy families during four community events throughout South Los Angeles during the last two weeks of May.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — The National Action Network, Rev. Jonathan Moseley, Sr. and World Central Kitchen provide meals Monday through Friday at noon at Cedar Grove Baptist Church 7623 8th Ave. NAN-LA is working with various restaurants and businesses during Coronavirus.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES — An officer-involved shooting June 3 in the Broadway-Manchester area left two suspects wounded and three other suspects in custody.
LOS ANGELES – The Petco Foundation will match all donations up to $25,000 to L.A. Animal Services from now through June 30.
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As the general elections draw closer, Joe Biden is continuing to build his campaign team and now political strategist Karine Jean-Pierre has been selected as a senior adviser.
Jean-Pierre is expected to advise Biden on strategy, communication and engaging with crucial communities such as Black people, women and progressives.
Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie Sanders.
Biden swept the Black vote in states like South Carolina, while Sanders lost them by a large margin.
Although Black votes were generally low for Trump during the 2016 elections, Black voter turnout rates dipped for the first time in 20 years in a presidential election, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Much has been made of the impact that Black voter turnout had on Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
But the contributions go far beyond just showi
That turnout is at least ten percentage points higher than in 2016, and the highest voting level among that age group since the 26th Amendment granted those over 18 were granted the right to vote in 1971. Not only did young people vote in unprecedented numbers, but they also voted heavily in swing states like Georgia and Michigan.
The post Young Voters Showed Up And Showed Out appeared first on The Seattle Medium.
Douglas Dollarhide was the first African American mayor of the city of Compton, California, and a pioneer and role model for future black politicians across the state of California.
Dollarhide was born in March 1923 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. He was the son of two former slaves, Thomas Dollarhide and Daisy Williams Dollarhide. In the early 1940s, the family moved from Earlsboro to San Jose, California, where Dollarhide enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served during World War II and after the conflict ended, settled in Los Angeles County with his new wife, Eliza, and daughter, Barbara.
Dollarhide attended the Metropolitan Business College, Long Beach City College, and La Salle University Law School, where he received a law degree. He was elected to Compton City Council in 1963, where he served as the first African American chairman of the council’s finance committee and represented the city at the League of California Cities. Following his three terms as city council member, Dollarhide, a Democrat, was elected as the first African American mayor of Compton in June 1969. He served one term until 1973 when he was defeated by thirty-seven-year-old Dorris Davis. During the time he served in office, the city became the first municipality in California to have a black majority; African Americans comprised 65 percent of the population by 1970.
During Dollarhide’s first few years as mayor, major changes took place in Compton. The city, like many urban areas in the nation at the time, underwent white flight—the exodus of middle-class white residents—and a corresponding influx of African Americans, many of whom had been displaced by the 1965 Watts riot (the Watts section of Los Angeles bordered Compton) and others who sought a suburban lifestyle. White flight contributed to Compton’s transformation from an overwhelmingly white city, which in the 1950s had been home to the family of future President George H. W. Bush, into a predominantly black city by the time of Dollarhide’s election. Whites who left Compton eventually ended
Your vote is your voice. We need you to use it this November to achieve real change. We need you to use it to create the beloved community John Lewis dreamed of.
Republican lawmakers in Texas have moved to introduce laws to tighten ID requirements, limit early voting and enhance consequences for errors. More than two dozen GOP-sponsored elections bills are under consideration in the Legislature. The changes could likely occur this year as the moves have seen support from Texas GovernorGreg Abbott. “We must pass laws […]
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By Texas Metro News Team As hundreds gathered at Dallas City Hall to kick off the John Lewis Voter Advancement Day of Action Votercade, Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III […]
The post John Lewis Voter Advancement Day of Action Votercade appeared first on Garland Journal.
“The lie of massive, rampant voter fraud is serving the same function today as it did during the rise of Jim Crow. It stokes fear in a segment of the population that democracy is in peril, and thus provides cover for laws that target Black voters with race-neutral language in the 21st century.” - Sherrilyn […]
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Minnie Ripley, known as “Momma Rip”in Issaquena County, was among the first symbolic black members of the Mayersville community to register to vote and was an involved activist at the local, state, and national levels. Ripley was born in 1900 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She was raised in Mount Level, Mississippi, by her grandparents who were […]
By Julianne Malveaux Voters between 18 and 29 made history in the 2020 election. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning & Engagement, or CIRCLE [https://circletufts.edu/2020-election-center], at least 52 percent of them, and perhaps as many as 55 percent, voted. That turnout is at least ten percentage points higher than in 2016, and […]
NBA star LeBron James has continually used his platform to spread awareness about issues impacting the Black community.
The nonprofit—dubbed More Than a Vote—was launched to encourage the Black community to register to vote and to spread awareness about voter suppression tactics being used throughout the country.
The collective of athletes and entertainment stars who are a part of the effort include NBA players Trae Young, Draymond Green, Udonis Haslem and Derrick Rose, retired NBA player Jalen Rose, WNBA star Skylar Diggins-Smith, NFL player Alvin Kamara, comedian Kevin Hart and others.
More Than a Vote will work in concert with other nonprofit organizations focused on voting rights to drive impact.
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This week at the Georgia state capitol in Atlanta, representatives from Black Voters Matter joined a press conference re: GA’s recently passed voter suppression bill, SB 202, which prevents full and free access to the ballot for voters throughout the state, and the corporate accountability campaign movement to combat it. See statement below: “When Kemp […]
The post Black Voters Matter Files Lawsuit Against Georgia Officials appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.
Share0 Image via @russellsgourmetcoffee/Instagram The recent protests over racial injustice and police brutality have created a new surge of interest in consumers looking to support black-owned brands and companies. One
Biden is still liable to run into this same issue now that he’s going against Donald Trump in the general elections.
Black women came out in strong support for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 elections against Trump, according to exit polls.
A White Philadelphia bar owner was caught on video pulling out his gun on a Black man who was yelling at people for not wearing face masks at a restaurant.
