The Recount
Meet The Black Women Who Changed Our Voting Laws
Voting rights leaders like LaTosha Brown are fighting harder than ever, as voter suppression bills pile up in states across the country. For Black History Month, The Recount is reflecting on Black women, then and now, who have always led...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. leads civil rights demonstrations on voter registration for African-Americans.
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads civil rights demonstrations on voter registration for African-Americans.
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Supreme Court Welcomes The Public Again, And A New Justice
A new stack of high-profile cases awaits. The court has agreed to hear cases involving race, elections, free speech and LGBTQ rights, among others.
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The EPA says radioactive isotopes from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been detected in air filters at monitoring sites in Alabama and eight other states and Pacific islands.
HEADLINE: EPA Reports Traces of Radiation Reach Ala.
CAPTION: The EPA says radioactive isotopes from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been detected in air filters at monitoring sites in Alabama and eight other states...
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EPA reports trace of radiation reaches Alabama
HEADLINE: EPA reports trace of radiation reaches Alabama.
CAPTION: The EPA says radioactive isotopes from the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been detected in air filters at monitoring sites in Alabama and eight other...
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After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
After Martin Luther King Jr. speaks out against segregation and tells the press of non-violent protests against segregation, a court finds Dr. King guilty of leading illegal boycotts.
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Movable Schools For Negro Farmers offer training in hygiene, nursing, and agriculture for African-American families in the 1920s
Movable Schools For Negro Farmers offer training in hygiene, nursing, and agriculture for African-American families in the 1920s
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Law Enforcement Opposed To Proposed Permitless Firearm Carry Bills
Existing permits are a tool to keep track of who is and isn't allowed to carry a firearm.
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Steven Reed Becomes First Black Mayor Of Montgomery, Alabama
Steven Reed will be the first black mayor of Alabama's capital since it was founded in 1819.
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Alabama's governor says he's working to clarify and simplify Alabama's tough immigration law, which critics say has damaged the state's international reputation and caused hardships for legal residents.
HEADLINE: Ala. gov. pledges to clarify tough immigration law
CAPTION: Alabama's governor says he's working to clarify and simplify Alabama's tough immigration law, which critics say has damaged the state's international reputation and...
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How Debt Is Impacting Voting Rights For Some Americans
In Florida, people who owe fines connected to their felonies cannot vote until they are paid up.
Bloomberg
Supreme Court Restores Alabama Congressional Map
A divided U.S. Supreme Court reinstated an Alabama congressional map that creates only one district likely to elect a Black representative, blocking lower court orders that required a second one to comply with the Voting Rights Act....
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At least a half-dozen poultry plants shut down or scaled back operations Wednesday and many other businesses closed as Hispanics in Alabama skipped work to protest the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.
HEADLINE: Hispanics skip work to protest immigration law
CAPTION: At least a half-dozen poultry plants shut down or scaled back operations Wednesday and many other businesses closed as Hispanics in Alabama skipped work to protest the...
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Amazon Workers In New York City Vote To Unionize
This marks the first successful organizing effort in Amazon's history. Meanwhile, workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted 993 to 875 against unionizing.
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Supreme Court To Decide On Legality Of Alabama Congressional Maps
The Supreme Court is set to decide if Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act when it re-drew Congressional maps.
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Petition To Rename Historic Selma Bridge After Rep. John Lewis
Name of former KKK leader Edmund Pettus would be replaced by Rep. John Lewis, who was injured crossing the span during a civil rights march in 1965.
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More Capitol Hill sexual harassment cases revealed
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Washington, DC - 14 November 2017
1. Wide, hearing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Gregg Harper,...
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Alabama medical investigators say infections linked to a contaminated liquid nutrition supplement could have begun two months before officials realized there was a widespread problem at state hospitals.
HEADLINE IV infections examined after 9 hospital deaths
CAPTION: Alabama medical investigators say infections linked to a contaminated liquid nutrition supplement could have begun two months before officials realized there was a...
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Voters In Four States Heading To The Polls Tuesday
In Georgia, it has already been a historical race simply by the early voter turnout which has shattered previous numbers.
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON HONOURS CIVIL RIGHTS HEROINE ROSA PARKS
Washington D-C, United States, 14 September 1996
1. Wide shot Clinton on stage
2. Cutaway audience
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton
4. Cutaway audience
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Bill Clinton
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7. Clinton on stage
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Late-Night Hosts Celebrate Doug Jones Victory, Mock Roy Moore | THR News
The late-night talk shows taped Tuesday's shows before the results of last night's Alabama Senate race, but that didn't stop the hosts from talking about senator-elect Doug Jones' shocking win over Republican Roy Moore on Wednesday.
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Commerce Department Called Out Over Hurricane Dorian Forecast
Report finds actions by Department of Commerce and President Trump could have chilling effects on public trust of National Weather Service forecasts.
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Federal Judge Blocks Alabama's Abortion Ban
The law would ban nearly all abortions in Alabama, but a judge ruled it cannot take effect until "the court resolves the case in full."