Civil Rights & Social Justice

Black Voters Matter and me too. International have joined forces for the 2024 election.

The Black Ballot

Black Voters Matter was in South Carolina ahead of the state's Democratic primary to help raise awareness and encourage participation.

The powerful voting rights organization is hitting the road to educate and empower.

Opinion

Before expecting Black people to shoulder the burden of enacting change, they must be safe, resourced and have their needs heard and met.

An HBCU All-Star Game in Houston is part of an initiative on voting issues for college students.

Herschel Walker's backers hope Black voters are easily swayed by one-off gifts.

Politics

Black voters remain the most solid group supporting the president, albeit not as many.

The Black Ballot

NewsOne partnered with Black Voters Matter to document the annual commemoration of the Bloody Sunday marches from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama and help draw attention to the urgent importance of participating in the 2022 midterm elections.

The Black Ballot

Black Voters Matter has revealed plans to mark the anniversary of the historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, with a full week of events to keep voting rights at the forefront of political discourse as states continue to restrict access to the ballot.

Some of the leading advocates who have long sounded the alarm about the urgency for Congress to advance any bills on voting rights are skipping Biden's speech in Atlanta about voting rights, suggesting the president's words are too little, too late.

The president's comments Friday reflect a significant turn from early remarks such as telling people they will have to out-organize voter suppression yet again.  

The majority opinion found the law violated the equal protection clause of the North Carolina constitution. The opinion also found that Republican lawmakers could not prove that the law would not have been enacted but for the discriminatory factor. Other findings include the measures taken were not sufficiently tailored to address virtually non-existent voter fraud.