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Joint Center on Baltimore
Joint Center Research and Convenings: The Joint Center is organizing a roundtable of 30 leading state legislators and major city council presidents of color on June 10 to talk criminal…
Joint Center on ESPN New York 1050AM
Joint Center’s Spencer Overton on “New York Sports and Beyond” (ESPN New York 1050AM) discussing the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma and the progress since the Voting Rights…
Joint Center’s Spencer Overton Interview on Radio Islam
Joint Center CEO Spencer Overton spoke about 50 years of the Voting Rights Act and race in politics on Radio Islam (WCEV 1450 AM Chicago) Radio Islam Interview
Ferguson and Black Turnout in Local Elections
Today residents in Ferguson, Missouri go to the polls. Many—from the National Urban League to the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder—focus on high black voter turnout in…
WASHINGTON POST: Where black voters stand 50 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed
“Bloody Sunday,” by Spider Martin, taken in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965. (Spider Martin/National Archives) CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated the share of blacks in the Senate.…
Recent Joint Center Accomplishments
We are moving forward! Over the last year, we confronted and addressed past challenges. We are now building a network of leading experts and elected officials who serve communities of color to…
Our Team
SPENCER OVERTON Joint Center President Spencer Overton is the President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, which was founded in 1970 as the Black think tank. Today,…
Joint Center on Alabama Payday Lending
Today, President Obama is visiting Alabama to talk about protecting families from financial abuses, just after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces new payday lending rules. Payday lending storefronts make…
Joint Center on Alabama Payday Lending
Today, President Obama is visiting Alabama to talk about protecting families from financial abuses, just after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces new payday lending rules. Payday lending storefronts make…
Joint Center at National Conference of Black Political Scientists 2015 Meeting
Friday and Saturday I was in Atlanta at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS). Historically, Black scholars have played a critical role in the…
