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In a court filing, Yost said the July 3 cutoff for the “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” to make the fall ballot is a false deadline. Ballot campaigns are often mounted in presidential election years in order to take advantage of high turnouts or to motivate certain voter groups. He issued the decision even while acknowledging that his office had previously certified identical language, including a Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights in 2021 and another Ohio Voters Bill of Rights in 2014. The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would enshrine in the state constitution the right for all Ohioans to vote safely and securely and require automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration and expanded early voting options and locations. It also follows a fight last summer over the threshold for passing amendments to the Ohio Constitution.

Persons: Dave Yost, Yost, Relators, ”, . Philip Randolph, shouldn’t Organizations: — Republican, “ Ohio, . Philip Randolph Institute, NAACP, Ohio, The Ohio Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio

At issue is a Jan. 25 finding by Yost that the proposed constitutional amendment's title — “Ohio Voters Bill of Rights” — was “highly misleading and misrepresentative” of the measure’s contents. It certified a Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights in 2021 and another Ohio Voters Bill of Rights in 2014. The coalition behind the amendment — which includes the NAACP's Ohio chapter, A. Philip Randolph Institute and Ohio Organizing Collaborative — filed suit Thursday. In his rejection letter, Yost cited “recent authority from the Ohio Supreme Court” giving him the ability to review petition headings, as well as text summaries. The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights would enshrine in the state constitution the right for all Ohioans to vote safely and securely and require automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration and expanded early voting options and locations.

Persons: Dave Yost, Yost, ” —, Philip Randolph, — Organizations: Republican, Ohio Supreme, “ Ohio, Ohio, Philip Randolph Institute Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of voting-rights groups is vowing to fight on after Ohio Republican Attorney General Dave Yost issued his second rejection Thursday of petition language it has submitted for a proposed constitutional amendment. It certified a Nursing Facility Patients’ Bill of Rights in 2021 and another Ohio Voters Bill of Rights in 2014. The Ohio Voters Bill of Rights calls for enshrining the right for all Ohioans to vote safely and securely in the state constitution. The proposed amendment includes automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration and expanded early voting options and locations. “In the past, this Office has not always rigorously evaluated whether the title fairly or truthfully summarized a given proposed amendment,” Yost wrote the coalition's attorney.

Persons: Dave Yost, Yost, ” —, “, ” Yost, . Philip Randolph, —, ”, ’ Organizations: Ohio Republican, “ Ohio, Ohio, The Ohio, Ohio Unity Coalition, . Philip Randolph Institute Locations: COLUMBUS , Ohio, Ohio

☆ Bayard Rustin biopic spotlights organizer of the March on Washington
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“Rustin,” a biopic that depicts how Rustin navigated a gantlet of personal and political hurdles to pull off the March on Washington, debuts on Netflix today. Rustin was the “glue guy” leader for the civil rights movement. Colman Domingo, center, as Bayard Rustin in "Rustin," which premiered Nov. 17 on Netflix after a brief run in theaters. Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin exhorts young civil rights volunteers in a scene from "Rustin." Some of that patriotism may seem naïve now, but it furnished the civil rights movement with tremendous vitality.

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☆ Black UAW workers won progress in America's auto industry. They are on strike for its future
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The percentage of Black workers in the auto industry today is more than double their share of the workforce overall. But the decline in US auto jobs and the erosion of unions have hit Black workers hardest. Black workers are likelier to belong to unions, in any industry, compared to White and Hispanic workers. Black union workers earn on average 16.4% higher wages than non-union Black workers, and they are likelier to have health care and retirement benefits, studies show. Hard-won gains disappearSoon after Black auto workers broke into better paying jobs, the US auto industry began its long decline, decimating Black communities in particular.

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☆ What the March on Washington Was Really About - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was officially known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with a far more expansive vision for society than formal equality under the law. The march wasn’t a demand for a more inclusive arrangement under the umbrella of postwar American liberalism, as it might seem today. It was a demand for something more — for a social democracy of equals, grounded in the long Black American struggle to realize the promises of the Declaration of Independence and the potential of Reconstruction. Consider the 10-point list of demands issued by the organizers of the march. Or, better yet, consider the labor leader A. Philip Randolph’s opening speech to the assembled marchers.

Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, ”, —, Philip Randolph’s, Randolph Organizations: Jobs Locations: Washington, Independence

View all 8 PhotosAug. 28, 1963 | U.S. President John F. Kennedy meets with leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the White House. The march was organized by major U.S. civil rights groups and brought thousands to the nation's capital to call for racial equality and opportunity. The group includes Whitney Young of the National Urban League, Martin Luther King of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Joachim Prinz of the American Jewish Congress, Eugene P. Donnelly from the National Council of Churches, A. Philip Randolph from the AFL-CIO, Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers, U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and Roy Wilkins of the NAACP.

Persons: John F, Kennedy, Whitney Young, Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Joachim Prinz, Eugene P, Donnelly, Philip Randolph, Walter Reuther, Lyndon Johnson, Roy Wilkins Organizations: U.S, Jobs, White, Whitney, National Urban League, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent, American Jewish Congress, National Council of Churches, AFL, United Auto Workers, NAACP Locations: Washington

☆ The 1963 March on Washington Changed America. Its Roots Were in Harlem.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John Leland | More About John Leland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sixty years ago, in the summer of 1963, a four-story townhouse on West 130th Street in Harlem became the headquarters for what was then the largest civil rights event in American history, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. For one summer the house, a former home for “delinquent colored girls,” was a hive of activity — so frenetic that the receptionist twice hung up on the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by mistake. Together with Mr. Randolph, they became known as the Big Six. As Courtland Cox, one of the march organizers, recalled, “People were sick and tired of being sick and tired, and they wanted to make a statement to the nation.”

Persons: ”, Martin Luther King Jr, King’s, Bayard Rustin, Philip Randolph, Rustin, Randolph, John F, Medgar Evers, Courtland Cox Organizations: Jobs, 130th, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Urban League, Racial, Student Nonviolent, Mr, National Guard, University of Alabama, “ Locations: Harlem, Washington, Birmingham, Mississippi

☆ Civil rights groups sue Tennessee over the state's GOP-drawn congressional and state Senate maps, calling the boundaries 'unconstitutional racial gerrymandering'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Civil rights and voting rights groups have sued Tennessee over the state's congressional map. The GOP-drawn map led to the elimination of a heavily blue district in one of the state's Democratic centers. Bill Lee and several top election officials over the state's congressional and state Senate maps, arguing that the boundaries are unconstitutional and violate the rights of minority voters. Tennessee district maps must preserve the ability for voters to express their shared interests and elect the political representation of their choice." At the heart of the matter is the creation of three Republican-leaning congressional districts that include parts of Democratic-heavy Davidson County but which all elected GOP members of Congress.

Persons: Bill Lee, Debby Gould, mapmakers, Philip Randolph, Jim Cooper, Steve Cohen, Memphis Organizations: Tennessee, Democratic, Service, Tennessee Republican Gov, Republican, Court, Middle, Middle District of, GOP, League of Women Voters, of Women Voters, Tennessee State Conference of, NAACP, Equity Alliance, Memphis, Philip Randolph Institute, American, of Tennessee Locations: Wall, Silicon, Memphis, Nashville, Middle District, Middle District of Tennessee, , Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Davidson, exurban, Davidson County, Shelby County

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