Day: November 10, 2012

  • Race Under the Microscope: Biological Misunderstandings of Race Center for Genetics and Society 2012-05-24 Despite the fact that advances in genetics undermine the notion that discrete and distinct racial groups exist at the biological level, the science of genetics is inadvertently reinforcing the myth that race is a biological, rather than a social, category. In…

  • Supreme Court to review key section of Voting Rights Act The Washington Post 2012-11-09 Robert Barnes Aaron C. Davis (contributing) The Supreme Court said Friday it will review a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that has been the federal government’s most forceful tool in protecting minority rights at the polls. The decision ensures…

  • Justices to Revisit Voting Act in View of a Changing South The New York Times 2012-11-09 Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take a fresh look at the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the signature legacies of the civil rights…

  • Winton Triangle history in Chicago! Chowan Discovery Group 2012-11-06 Marvin Jones In Chicago, the CDG got the opportunity to introduce our history to a national audience of academics and students at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul University in Chicago. Writer Lars Adams, of the Chowanoke Descendants website, presented the history of the…

  • Exhibition brings black Germans’ stories to light DW 2012-11-09 Helen Whittle An exhibit gives voice to the histories of Africans, African-Americans and Afro-Germans from the past 300 years of German history. It presents a differentiated perspective on the lives and histories of blacks in Germany. Asked what comes to mind when they think about Germany,…