Joint Center Updates
WASHINGTON POST: When did Black Americans start voting so heavily Democratic?
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Huffington Post Live: Racism revealed by Baltimore’s curfews
Joint Center Senior Fellow and Wake Forest University professor, Kami Chavis Simmons, spoke on a panel regarding Baltimore’s curfews. Watch it here.
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
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…
Joint Center’s Response to My Brother’s Keeper Task Force
Last Friday the White House announced the initial report of the “My Brother’s Keeper” Task Force, which aims to build public- and private-sector partnerships to improve life opportunities for boys…
Joint Center Statement Regarding The White House “My Brother’s Keeper” Task Force Report
WASHINGTON, Friday, May 30, 2014–Today President Obama announced the initial report of the “My Brother’s Keeper” Task Force, which aims to build public- and private-sector partnerships to improve life opportunities…
U.S. Senator Cory Booker to be Honored at Joint Center Annual Gala Dinner
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker, the former mayor of Newark, New Jersey and the first African American elected to the Senate since Barack Obama, will receive the…
Joint Center Partners with Children & Nature Network
WASHINGTON, DC – The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies today announced the formation of a strategic partnership with The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) to improve the health…