On this day in 1856, the caning of abolitionist Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA) is administered on the floor of the United States Senate at the hands of Rep. Preston Brooks (D-SC); it would be three years before Sumner could return to the chamber. The beating nearly killed Sumner and drew a sharply polarized response from […]
Category: Civil Rights
The End of Separate But Equal
On this day in 1954, marking the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end in the war on racial inequality, the US Supreme Court unanimously rules to desegregate public schools. Delivering the opinion of the Court, newly-minted Chief Justice Earl Warren declared “We conclude that in the field of public education the […]
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Right Focuses On Repeal Of 17th Amend. As Part Of Their War On Voters
The 17th Amendment, which was enacted into the Constitution in 1913, allows for the election of state senators by popular vote. The repeal of the 17th Amendment has been a major cog in the message of many right-wing groups — most notably the John Birch Society. In recent times, Glenn Beck has preached it. Ron Paul has embraced […]
Maddow: If You Want To Vote In Texas, It Will Help To Be White (VIDEO)
Using the great state of Texas as a test case, Rachel Maddow excoriated the GOP’s voter suppression efforts ahead of future elections. Maddow goes to great lengths to expose the motivations and machinations behind the thrust to make it harder for people to work. Well, not people, per se, but non-white people. Using the minority […]