Black Votes Matter civil rights tour to take place this July Share Updated: 6:04 PM CDT May 6, 2021 Share Updated: 6:04 PM CDT May 6, 2021
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Show Transcript DAVID: KNOWING HISTORY IS IMPORTANT BUT SEEING IT FOR YOURSELF IS EVEN BETTER. ALEXANDRA: THIS JULY, BLACK VOTES MATTER WILL TAKE METRO AREA STUDENTS TO NOEL WELL-KNOWN CIVIL RIGHTS AREAS FOR FREE. THE PANDEMIC FORCED A 2020 BLACK VOTES MATTER TOWARD TO GO VIRTUAL, BUT THIS YEAR, THE FOUNDER SAYS THEY ARE READY TO LEAVE THIS PARKING LOT AND HEADS TO THE SOUTH COMES ALIVE. ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE DIVIDING PEOPLE NOW AND CHALLENGES TO OUR DEMOCRACY, THIS IS A TIME LIKE NEVER BEFORE. WE WANT TO PROVIDE A PERSPECTIVE. THE CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR WILL INCLUDE A VARIETY OF WELL-KNOWN SITES FROM THE MENTOS HOTEL WHERE MARTHA KING JUNIOR WAS ASSASSINATED, TO SELMA ALABAMA WHERE LEADERS MARCHED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. EVERY EVENING, WE STOP AND THE STUDENT TO, AND WE PROVIDE AN OVERLAY OF
âBlack Voters Matterâ bus stops in Tyler to raise awareness about elections, early voting
Black Voters Matter Bus 10PM By Erin Wides | April 26, 2021 at 10:17 PM CDT - Updated April 26 at 10:19 PM
TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The organization âBlack Voters Matterâ made a stop in Tyler on their âWe Got Powerâ campaign after Dr. Shirley McKellar, Tyler City Councilwoman District 3, contacted them. Co-founder Cliff Albright said they formed in 2016 and are now doing work in 15 states.
âWe planned a whole bus tour last month to come and support them(bigger cities in Texas); in the midst of that this whole voter suppression issue came up. Same issue that we were fighting in Georgia, same issue that weâve been fighting in Florida and some other states,â Albright said. âBig voter suppression bills here in Texas, and so weâre now part of a state coalition, in addition to those local communities, where weâre fighting against those
Houston R&B singer killed by wrong way intoxicated driver
FOX 26 Reporter Ivory Hecker shares details on the talented young woman killed in wrong-way crash.
HOUSTON - The medical examiner has identified the person killed in the deadly wrong way crash Wednesday as a beloved 19-year-old Houston singer.
Jaelyn Rene Chapman was killed when an alleged intoxicated driver hit her car while he was going the wrong way on the Westpark Tollway, according to the Harris County Medical Examiner.
Friends and fans of her beautiful voice knew the recording artist as JaeRene.
Constable deputies say the singer was in a carload of four people on Westpark Tollway when 32-year-old Bobby James Brown Jr. crashed into them his car going the wrong direction killing JaeRene and sending the other three passengers to the hospital with critical injuries.
Corporate CEO s join Joe Biden s attacks on the Peach State s voting law. Journal Editorial Report All-Star Panel blasted Democrats and the CEOs of large companies who have publically opposed Georgia s new election law.
Fox News Contributor and Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberly Strassel noted that just a week ago, most of these CEOs were neutral or even approving of the bill, saying their change in tune was the result of liberal activism.
CEOs of Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola, and JPMorgan have all publicly criticized the bill after receiving pressure from liberal activists and civil rights groups like Black Votes Matter to do so. Both Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola are based in Georgia.
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