Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of Black Women’s Roundtable, issued the following statement about the Department of Justice’s rejection of the new voter ID law in Texas: “We support the US Department of Justice’s decision to oppose the law passed in Texas last year […]
Star Jones to Host Spirit of Democracy Awards
Washington, DC – Former New York Prosecutor, TV host, and author, Star Jones, will serve as host of the 14th annual “Spirit of Democracy Awards Black & White Gala,” Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (The National Coalition), announced today. The Gala will be held on May […]
Davis bids goodbye to politics, Alabama
By Deborah Berry – Washington – The last few weeks of the lame-duck session have dragged on for Artur Davis, who has had little say during the final weeks of his congressional career. The Alabama Democrat no longer has an office in the ornate Cannon House Office Building. Like other lawmakers who lost races this […]