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Racism
Oklahoma Governor Calls on Officials to Resign Over Recording of Racist and Threatening Remarks | WATCH
*(CNN) -- The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after they allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation...
The Tennessee Three
Yes! Memphis Sends Justin J. Pearson Back to the Tennessee House | VIDEO
*(CNN) -- The Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to confirm the reappointment of Justin J. Pearson to the Tennessee House of...
Politics
Nashville Sends Justin Jones Back to the Tennessee House Days After GOP Lawmakers Ousted Him | WATCH
*(CNN) -- Four days after being expelled by Tennessee's Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Democrat Justin Jones marched back to the Capitol on Monday following...
The Tennessee Three
Tennessee Lawmakers Create Racial Divide | WATCH
*When Republicans in the Tennessee State Legislature ousted two Black representatives but protected a White woman from the same fate, it was a slap...
Racism
Tennessee House GOP Expels 2 BLACK Democrats in Retaliation Over Gun Control Protest | VIDEO
*(CNN) -- Two (Black) Democratic members of the Tennessee House of Representatives have been expelled while a third (White) member was spared in an...
Politics
Tennessee House of Representatives Votes to Expel 1 of 3 Democratic Lawmakers | VIDEO
*(CNN) -- The Tennessee House of Representatives has voted to expel Rep. Justin Jones a week after he joined two other Democrats in a...
California Government
The California Black Media Political Playback – Assemblymember McKinnor ‘is Not Here for the BS’
Assemblymember Tina Mckinnor (D-Inglewood) says she is “not here for the B.S.”
“I’m here to build houses,” McKinnor said to rounds of applause from members...
Elections
Progressive Brandon Johnson to be Next Chicago Mayor – He’ll Succeed Lori Lightfoot | VIDEOs
*(CNN) -- Chicago voters will choose Brandon Johnson, a progressive Cook County commissioner backed by the powerful teachers union, as the city's next mayor,...
Local Government
Chicago Mayoral Runoff Tests Democrats’ Racial and Ideological Divides | VIDEO
*(CNN) -- Brandon Johnson sought to echo Martin Luther King Jr. last week at the biggest rally of the Chicago mayor's race so far,...
Black Excellence
Women’s History Month: Meet the Black Women Legislators Shaping California Policy
*Since Yvonne Braithwaite Burke became the first Black woman elected to serve in the California State Assembly in 1966, 20 other African women have...
Local Government
TX Congesswoman Sheila Jackson Lee to Run for Mayor of Houston | WATCH
*It's time for a change, we suppose. We can only assume that's why long-time Congresswoman Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is joining the already crowded...
Black Excellence
California Black Media Political Playback: Black Advocates Celebrate Women’s History Month
*March is Women's History Month, and several California organizations are celebrating trailblazing women making history in our state -- whether it’s recognizing the record-setting...
Local Government
Meet California’s Black Mayor: Acquanetta Warren of Fontana - Honorary NASCAR Official
*When the City of Fontana hosted NASCAR on Feb. 24, fourth-term Mayor Acquanetta Warren served as an honorary official for the final run of...
Local Government
NYC Mayor Says Lori Lightfoot’s Loss in Chicago is ‘Warning Sign for the Country’ | WATCH
*(CNN) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday brushed aside the suggestion that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection loss was merely a...
Politics
One and Done! A Dejected Lori Lightfoot Loses Bid for 2nd Term As Chicago Mayor | VIDEO
*Lori Lightfoot is the mayor of Chicago no mo'. Well, she is until her current term is over. The bottom line is on Tuesday...
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