Archive for May, 2008

Mildred Loving has died

Mildred Loving, 68, Dies; Challenged Interracial Marriage Ban

Mildred Loving and her husband
challenged Virginia’s law banning
interracial marriage.

Mildred Loving has died at the age of 68. She and her husband Richard made national headlines four decades ago when they successfully challenged Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. In 1967, the Supreme Court heard their case, Loving v. Virgina, and struck down laws banning racially mixed marriages in at least seventeen states. Richard Loving was killed in 1975 by a drunken driver.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal is Innocent?

New Book Alleges Mumia Abu-Jamal Is Innocent

A new book on Mumia Abu-Jamal asserts the former Black Panther and journalist did not kill Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. In his book The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal, J. Patrick O’Connor concludes the actual killer was Kenneth Freeman, a business partner of Mumia’s brother. Freeman died in 1985.

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NAACP files complaint

NAACP Files Voter Suppression Complaint

The North Carolina NAACP has filed a formal complaint of possible voter suppression against the organization Women’s Voices Women Vote. Last week it was revealed that the D.C.-based nonprofit was behind a series of deceptive robocalls directed at African American households. Callers were falsely informed that they must first send in a “registration packet” before they’re allowed to vote.

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Zimbabwe Official Election Results

Zimbabwe Releases Official Election Results

Election officials in Zimbabwe have finally released results from the March 29 election. Officials say opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe, but neither candidate passed the 50 percent threshold for an outright win. Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change said the result was “scandalous daylight robbery.” MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said Tsvangirai should be declared president.

Tendai Biti: “This does not surprise us. This is consistent with a regime that is not ready to let go of power. This is consistent with an individual, Robert Mugabe, who will do anything and everything legally and extralegally to reproduce his repression, his tyranny in Zimbabwe.”

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Motherhood’s Demise

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