Reader’s Share: From PBS: “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow”
Recently I published a note that contained an example of a literacy test that was given to would be voters...
July 18, 2013
Criminal (In)Justice
2013
From Sociological Images: Stand Your Ground Increases Racial Bias in “Justifiable Homicide” Trials
“..stand your ground laws increase the chances that a homicide will be considered justifiable because it gives the jurors more...
July 14, 2013
From Slate: Literacy Test Given to Black Voters in the 1960s
The Supreme Court of the United States discontinued a provision of the voting rights act of 1965 which made it...
July 2, 2013
Rep. John Lewis: Court Decision “A Dagger” in the Heart of Voting Access
From Representative John Lewis: “Today, the Supreme Court stuck a dagger into the heart of the Voting Rights Act of...
June 25, 2013