Tag Archive for Jim Crow

Worse Than Jim Crow: 96 Year Old African American Woman Denied Voter ID

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Dorothy Cooper has been voting for a LONG time. In fact, since she started voting, she has only missed doing so in one election. She even voted during the Jim Crow Era. But when she tried to get a new voter ID in Tennessee, she was denied. The 96 year old Cooper brought in a rent receipt, a copy of her lease, her voter registration card and her birth certificate but was still denied a voter ID.

Is the Term African-American Stupid or Necessary?

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I’ve encountered many conservatives and Republicans who have openly pushed for a complete omission of the word African being placed in front of American, because just being an American should be sufficient, as we are all one great nation. On paper, it’s a unifying idea, but in reality; it’s hypocrisy in its finest hour.

Proudly Still Going to the MLK Memorial

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.

The quote on the Stone of Hope reads, ‘I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.’ The actual quote in its entirety, as spoken by Dr. King during one of his sermons in 1968 was, ‘If you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter.’