The Democratic Victory Task Force 0
“We believe that the people are the source of all governmental power; that the authority of the people is to be extended, not restricted. This can be accomplished only by providing each citizen with every opportunity to participate in the management of the government. They must have that, we believe.” -Barbara Jordon- “Who Then Will […]
Read MoreResolution on a Right-to-Vote Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 0
WHEREAS, in a democracy, the right to vote is a moral imperative, the most fundamental legal right and is protective of all other rights; and WHEREAS, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act he said, “The right to vote is the basic right, without which all others are meaningless”; and WHEREAS, […]
Read More2016: Bumpy Roads Ahead to the Nominations 0
Less than a year from now, voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere will gather in town centers, gymnasiums, local libraries and school cafeterias to kick off the 2016 presidential sweepstakes. Ever since the modern political process made running for president a four-year job, this is the time when potential candidates started making their public […]
Read More50 years later, MLK’s work is not done 0
Today, as we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I know there are those who will ask, “How long will it take?” How long until the dream is fulfilled? How long until our destination is reached? But, like Dr. King, we must continue to march on. We march on toward the realization […]
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