by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
Tags: appeal, court, election, judicial, judiciary, justive, lawsuit, legal, politician, Politics, racial discrimination, redistricting, ruling, upheld, vote, voter, Voting, voting district
JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is celebrating a victory in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the redrawing of the state’s voting districts. The Mississippi NAACP had challenged the state’s 2011 state elections because the Legislature did not immediately use the 2010 census to draw new district lines in 2011. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
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LAUREL — A federal judge has given final approval to a settlement by Howard Industries, a Laurel-based electric transformer company, to pay $1.3 million and hire at least 70 workers to end a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by four black women who accused the company of discrimination for allegedly hiring only Hispanic [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2013
Tags: case, city government, civil rights, court, election, lawsuit, municipal, municipality, Politics, racial discrimination, redistricting, trial, vote, voter, Voting, voting district
HATTIESBURG — The city of Hattiesburg is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by a group that says the city’s redistricting plan dilutes black voting strength. The U.S. District Court lawsuit asks for a court injunction against the use of the plan in municipal elections. The city’s response denies that allegation, saying that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
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CLEVELAND — A federal judge says he will rule after the first of the year on proposals to desegregate two schools in the Cleveland School District. The Bolivar Commercial reports U.S. District Judge Glenn H. Davidson told attorneys after a hearing in Oxford that he wanted to give the Department of Justice time to review [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Supreme Court will not get involved in a fight over redistricting in Mississippi. The court affirmed today a lower court ruling allowing state lawmakers to run in their current districts this year. The justices rejected an appeal from the Mississippi NAACP. The Mississippi Legislature did not pass a redistricting plan this year. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 20,2011
Tags: Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission, Bill Rambo, Civil War, Confederate, Joseph J. Thorndike, Lady Gaga, Mississippi, North versus South, racial discrimination, Racism, Sylvester Stallone
MOUNTAIN CREEK, Ala. — The last of the more than 60,000 Confederate veterans who came home to Alabama after the Civil War died generations ago, yet residents are still paying a tax that supported the neediest among them. Despite fire-and-brimstone opposition to taxes among many in a state that still has “Heart of Dixie” on [...] [...]
GREENWOOD — A federal appeals court has upheld the verdict in a discrimination lawsuit won by Greenwood Leflore Hospital. Former hospital board attorney George Dulin sued the hospital after he alleged he was fired in 2006 by the majority-black hospital board because he is white. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit last year. Dulin’s attorney [...] [...]
JACKSON — The NAACP says it will appeal a federal panel’s ruling that candidates for the Mississippi Legislature this year will run in current districts. Carroll Rhodes, attorney for the NAACP, tells The Clarion-Ledger that the appeal will be filed within 30 days in the U.S. Supreme Court. He would not discuss the details. The [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — A bill has finally been introduced in the U.S. Senate to fund the $1.15-billion settlement reached between black farmers and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack back in February. Senators Kay R. Hagan (D-N.C.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) yesterday introduced the bill that would fund the payback to black farmers in [...] [...]
NEW YORK — The NAACP is ending its lawsuit against Wells Fargo that alleged the bank was forcing blacks into subprime mortgages while whites with identical qualifications got lower rates. The lawsuit, filed over a year ago, is among more than a dozen the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has filed since [...] [...]
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