Black America

‘Real Talk’ From Kamala Harris On the Voting Rights Act Says Quiet Part Out Loud

August 6, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black America, Democrats, Kamala Harris, Voting Rights

Kamala Harris’ tone-deaf response to a question about the Voting Rights Act (VRA) at the National Urban League convention was exceptionally bad, even for the woman known for odd nervous laughter and incomprehensible “word salad” remarks. On this occasion she had one simple job to do, answer what should have been a softball question about a fundamental legal right that has been neutered by the courts but which Black people hold dear and want to see restored. Urban League President & CEO Marc Morial asked her about the status of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and how its enforcement provisions were essentially gutted by two Supreme Court decisions

Foolish, Futile Struggle To Be Both African And American Will Be Televised

July 29, 2026 Mark P. Fancher, Black Agenda Report. Strategize! Black America, Frantz Fanon, Identity Politics, White Supremacy

Authentic Black voices are dangerous to this system. America allowed them to be heard for a moment in the 1960s and 1970s because the powers that be expected militants’ incendiary rhetoric to frighten quiet Negroes. However, much to the establishment’s surprise, the people were roused into righteous Black Power fury. America learned its lesson well. It denied the militants media access, but in an effort to preserve the illusion that this country is a marketplace of ideas, it groomed a cast of Africans who talk tough, bark loud, but never bite.

Black Organizers Are Preparing For A New Era Of Voting Rights Battles

July 19, 2026 Brandon Tensley, Capital B News. Strategize! Black America, Racism, Supreme Court, The South, Voting Rights

The mobilization effort was swift once it became clear that Black Georgians stood to lose political representation. LaTosha Brown and other voting rights advocates sprang into action after Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on May 13 called a special session to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps in ways that could erode Black voters’ ability to shape election outcomes. “Ultimately, pain births new possibilities,” said Brown, the co-founder of Black Voters Matter. “What we’re experiencing right now are possibilities, and we have to shift from seeing ourselves just as citizens of this nation and start seeing ourselves as mothers of the new nation — we’re the architects.”

It’s The Message Not The Messenger

July 2, 2026 Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III, Popular Resistance. Strategize! Black America, Black misleadership class, Democratic Party, Elections

No matter what you call it, no matter what you call them, those who are championing civil rights, workers’ rights, equal pay for equal work, an end to these senseless, illegal and immoral wars of choice should be listened to. There is a new politics developing and members of the African American electorate should be paying attention because the constituents are not being paid by AIPAC to vote against their own interests and the interests of their community. Too many so-called people in positions of leadership are. Remember, it’s not the messenger, it’s the message.

Ajamu Baraka Remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson

February 18, 2026 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Bill Clinton, Black America, Black Politics, Civil rights movement, Congressional Black Caucus, Democratic Party, History, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr, Rainbow Coalition

The Rev. Jesse Jackson passed away at the age of 84 on February 17, 2026. A man who was literally at Martin Luther King’s side when he was assassinated also led Operation PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition and who ran for president in 1984 and 1988, has left quite a legacy. I will discuss that with Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report editor and contributor. I think that whenever we look at these personalities that emerged during the period of the Black liberation and so-called civil rights era, we have to always, in my opinion, contextualize these individuals. There would be no Dr. King or Jesse Jackson or any of them without the movement that emerged.

The Disgraceful History Of Erasing Black Cemeteries In The US

January 13, 2026 Chip Colwell, Next City. Organize! Black America, Cemetery, History, Virginia

The burying ground looks like an abandoned lot. Holding the remains of upward of 22,000 enslaved and free people of color, the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground in Richmond, Virginia, established in 1816, sits amid highways and surface roads. Above the expanse of unmarked graves loom a deserted auto shop, a power substation, a massive billboard. The bare ground of the cemetery is strewn with weeds. In contrast, across the way sits Shockoe Hill Cemetery. Established in 1822, it remains a peaceful cemetery with grass, large trees and bright marble headstones. This cemetery was created for white Christians.

What It Takes To Keep Kentucky’s Black-Led Farms Alive

September 29, 2025 Anabel Peterman, Next City. Create! Black America, Black Farmers, Farmers, Kentucky

Near the eastern edge of Fayette County, Kentucky, sits the Coleman Crest Farm in the rural Black hamlet of Uttingertown. That’s where Jim Coleman works the land his great-grandfather tilled as an enslaved person — until he secured his freedom by fighting in the Civil War and returning to purchase the farm more than 130 years ago. Now, Coleman is continuing his family’s farming legacy, but not because it’s easy work. “Yesterday, I was pulling up mulch,” Coleman says, in between administrative calls. “I had harvested hard the day before. Did a little bit of harvesting [yesterday], invoiced it, packaged it, put it in the case, put it in my truck, drove to my customer, and delivered.” Coleman’s 13-acre plot is one of few in the county – and in Kentucky – that’s still Black- owned and operated. And among all farmers, the sheer volume of farmland has fallen, statewide and nationwide.

The Military Occupation Of Washington, DC: Then And Now

September 10, 2025 Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black America, Drug War, Law Enforcement, Mass Incarceration, mental health, Occupation, Systemic Racism, Washington D.C.

DC residents are living under an expanded military occupation ordered by Donald Trump that many are calling “unprecedented.” However, this is not the first time this action has been taken. Understanding this history is essential to properly contextualize what is happening now and to focus on the correct narrative and issue to fight going forward. I grew up in Southeast DC after my mom moved us from our hometown of Jarratt, VA to a little apartment in a four-unit building on Parkland Place when I was about five or six years old. We enjoyed free summer concerts in the park across the street from our building. I used to walk about a half a mile to Malcolm X Elementary school during the week, and to Liff’s Market across the street from that school every Sunday to get the paper for my mom and snacks for myself.

Supreme Court Asks Why It Shouldn’t Gut The Voting Rights Act

August 30, 2025 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. Educate! Black America, Gerrymandering, Supreme Court, Voting Rights

In what may prove to be the most consequential redistricting case to come before the Supreme Court, Louisiana is urging the court to gut the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and ban any consideration of race in redistricting. Louisiana filed its brief after the high court on August 1 asked the parties whether compliance with Section 2 of the (VRA) violates the Constitution’s 14th or 15th Amendments. By framing that question, the court may be signaling its intention to eviscerate the VRA. Louisiana v. Callais reached the Supreme Court after a coalition of civil rights organizations and Black voters sought to reinstate a map that the state legislature had adopted in 2024.

How Black Police And Soldiers Have Resisted Federal Takeovers

August 25, 2025 Roger House, LA Progressive. Resist! Black America, Black police, GI Resistance, Police, US military

President Trump has deployed federal law enforcement officers and the National Guard in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. and threatened to take over predominantly Black Democratic cities by decree. The presidential orders are conducted on the pretext of fighting crime, but critics condemn them as nefarious acts of political provocation and racial intimidation. The deployments have spurred a debate over the legality of the administration’s use of federal police and the National Guard generally — and the role of Black cops and troops in carrying them out in particular. Should they follow orders of questionable legality, or instead disobey and protest through the appropriate channels?

He Who Pays The Piper Calls The Tune

August 15, 2025 Dr. Wilmer J. Leon, III, Popular Resistance. Educate! Black America, Disenfranchisement, Money in Politics, Voting Rights

In theory, the fundamental premise of American democracy is “one man (or person), one vote.” Under the original concept of Jeffersonian Democracy, in most states access to the franchise was limited to White males who owned at least a fifty-acre plot of land. Towards the end of the 18th century and early into the 19th century, states began lifting the property and education requirements for White males. African Americans were legally granted the right to vote with the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1870. Women were granted the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Artificial Intelligence Furthers Environmental Racism In Black America

August 3, 2025 Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, Word in Black. Educate! Artificial Intelligence (AI), Black America, Environmental Justice, pollution

When one of my best friends (who is also a pastor) encouraged me to look into utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for ministry purposes, I was exhilarated. It seemed like a game-changer at my fingertips. I used it to make presentations and outline Bible studies, saving time on the tasks that often fill my days. The opportunities seemed endless, and the convenience was remarkable. Regular projects and tasks that I had poured effort into before could now be completed in mere seconds. Not only did I start utilizing it, but I started singing its praises as well to all who would listen.

The Necessity Of Birthright Citizenship For Black People

July 6, 2025 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Birthright Citizenship, Black America, History, Trump Administration

The idea of citizenship has always been a thorny one for Black people. The original United States constitution allowed the enslaved to be counted for purposes of determining congressional representation, but only as three-fifths of a person. The struggles for liberation during enslavement reached their nadir in the 1857 Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford , in which not only were an enslaved man and his family wrongly deprived of their freedom, but Chief Justice Roger B. Taney infamously declared that not only were the Scotts not free, but that no Black person had any rights “which the white man was bound to respect.”

From Watts To D.C.: How 500 Black Neighborhoods Vanished In 45 Years

July 3, 2025 Adam Mahoney, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black America, Black History, Displacement, Gentrification, History, Structural Raci, Washington DC

Ignited by a single arrest and fueled by decades of poverty and police brutality, the Watts Uprising of 1965 turned the Los Angeles neighborhood into a national symbol of Black struggle and resilience. Thousands of Black residents like Ted Watkins Sr. rose up in anger and desperation. They were fighting for resources to maintain their neighborhood. In the aftermath of the rebellion, Watkins founded the Watts Labor Community Action Committee to fight for continued investment in Black residents. Today, his son, Tim Watkins, is stuck in the same battles as president of the organization.

Seven Supreme Court Cases That Black Americans Should Track This Summer

June 11, 2025 Jonathan Forney, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Birthright Citizenship, Black America, Deportations, Education, Health Care, Immigration, LGBTQ Rights, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Transgender Rights, US Supreme Court, Voting Rights, Worker Rights and Jobs

From voting rights to health care to workplace equality, the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a number of issues this summer that could have major implications for Black Americans. “In America, for Black people, we’ve had a long season where our rights were generally respected,” said Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU, who has been closely following the Trump administration’s legal moves. “We have Black elected officials … Black leaders in corporate America, we have extreme poverty, but we also have thriving middle class communities. We have many areas where we have lots of highly educated black people. All of those things rest on a legal framework that allows those rights to be protected.”

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