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NAACP Evanston Branch ‘Votercade’ Part of National John Lewis Voting Rights Action Day
by Heidi Randhava
May 12th, 2021
​https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/05/12/naacp-evanston-branch-votercade-part-of-national-john-lewis-voting-rights-action-day/

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The debate over slavery reparations: Where things stand to how much it could cost​

Published Sat, Jun 19 2021
Tom Huddleston Jr.
​https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/19/slavery-reparations-from-where-things-stand-to-how-much-it-might-cost.html

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NAACP Midwest Region III - Civil Rights Highlights

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Do You Hear Me? A Discussion About Race
​Town Hall Thursday, June 11. (Part 1)

ABC 7, June 11, 2020
abc7chicago.com/abc7-chicago-do-you-hear-me-race-town-hall-hosea-sanders/6241294/

The conversation with local leaders focused on what role their organizations should play in moving society forward toward definitive systemic and institutional change.

The panel for this week's town hall were: Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of Black Ensemble Theater; Kenneth Gunn, first deputy commissioner of the Chicago Commission on Human Relations; Dorri McWhorter, CEO of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago; and Michael Nabors, director of the Evanston NAACP.

Civil rights groups slam Comcast for trying to weaken a key protection against racial discrimination
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Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen filed a $20 billion lawsuit against Comcast. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Nov. 13. (Chris Carlson/AP) By Tracy Jan  Oct. 2, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. CDT-excerpted from Washington Post.

A coalition of civil rights organizations this week accused Comcast of undermining Reconstruction-era protections against racial discrimination, weighing in on a lawsuit against the company that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Comedian and media mogul Byron Allen is suing the cable television provider for $20 billion under an 1866 law ensuring newly freed African Americans the same right to enter into contracts as any white citizen. The case is scheduled to be heard Nov. 13.
Allen, who is black, alleges that Comcast discriminated against him in its refusal to carry cable channels by his company, Entertainment Studios Networks. Comcast said it made a business decision to reject Allen’s general-interest channels based on what it thought viewers want.

The question before the court is whether, as Comcast contends, Allen must show that race was the sole motivating reason for Comcast’s decision to reject his channels.

A victory for Comcast could make it harder for victims of discrimination to sue employers, landlords and other businesses using the measure, said Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. It could force victims to prove that racial discrimination was the only factor in any disputed contracting decision, she said.
“There’s a whole lot at stake in this case. It’s much bigger than Comcast and Allen,” Clarke said. “This is about real victims of discrimination who should not face additional hurdles in getting the opportunity to be heard in court. The implications for African Americans and other marginalized communities of color are grave.”

The Lawyers’ Committee and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed separate briefs this week in support of Allen — but did not take a position on the merits of his claims. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the NAACP were among the more than two dozen signatories.

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