This lesson is as old as Black political participation itself. The Reconstruction era saw Black elected officials emerge in ...

Scott was appointed to the Senate in 2012 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley (R) after former Sen. Jim DeMint (R) resigned. At the time, he was the first Black Republican senator since 1978 and the first ...

“Having Senator Booker use his body as Black people have done in this country to fight ... which was the first civil rights bill passed into law post-Reconstruction Era. Ultimately Thurmond’s ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund files lawsuit on behalf of two Black residents seeking a second opportunity-to-elect district.

U.S. Senator Cory ... into law post-Reconstruction Era. Ultimately Thurmond’s filibuster did not prevail. Though the law’s intended outcome of equal voting rights for Black Americans had ...