Solidarity rallies build organizational ties with Occupy Wall Street Trayvon Martin protests
African-American and Democracy articles on Democracy Chronicles
Here is our collection of articles concerned with African-Americans and Democracy. Few ongoing crisis in American elections have more importance to the integrity of the democracy than the imperative of ensuring voting rights for African-Americans. Also see Democracy Chronicles articles on African-American Voting Rights, the Civil Rights Era, Minority Voting, and our unfortunate category: Racism.
Coretta Scott King Honored at Botanical Gardens
Martin Luther King Jr’s wife and activist Coretta Scott King honored posthumously with a dedicated rose bush at Birmingham Alabama botanical gardens
Alabama Children’s Crusade Remembered
Thousands of students re-enact Alabama Children’s Crusade of the Civil Rights Era to end segregation, bringing memories to population of Birmingham
Suicide pact: The NRA, the Constitution and Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook led to a rise in the national conversation on such issues such as our treatment of mental illness, gun violence, and the gun culture.
African-American Men are Victims of the Justice System
African-American dropouts are more likely to spend a year imprisoned than to get married: African-American men are often targeted by bias justice system
Reforming the Criminal Justice System in America
Our new writer takes a look at reforming the disasterous criminal justice system