Civil Rights Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/category/commentary/civil-rights/ The Voice of the Black Community in California Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:40:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blackvoicenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-BVN_logo_square-32x32.png Civil Rights Archives - Black Voice News https://blackvoicenews.com/category/commentary/civil-rights/ 32 32 182193136 U.S. Supreme Court Allows Idaho Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions — For Now https://blackvoicenews.com/2024/06/30/supreme-court-allows-emergency-abortions/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:40:45 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=244580 In a 6-3 vote on Thursday, June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the previous order that allowed a near-total abortion ban to take effect in the state of Idaho.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27 that Idaho hospitals are allowed to provide emergency abortions when a patient's health is at risk, but did not directly address the issue of the state's restrictive abortion ban and federal law.

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]]> 244580 Advocates Forge Solutions Amid Abortion Crisis for People of Color https://blackvoicenews.com/2024/04/18/black-maternal-health-apps/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:07:01 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=243846

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the state can enforce a law that bans nearly all abortions, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expressed his support for Arizona residents seeking access to reproductive health care.

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]]> 243846 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy: The Fight for Health Justice Continues https://blackvoicenews.com/2024/01/17/martin-luther-king-health-justice/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:56:18 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=242794 Medical Committee for Civil Rights at the March on Washington, 1963.

Health injustice continues to persist due to oppression, which is a central driver of health disparities, and a civil rights approach to health is needed to address these disparities and achieve health equity.

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]]> 242794 Fontana’s Silent Tragedy: O’Day Short Family Legacy and a Time for Reconciliation https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/12/22/oday-short-family-unity-garden/ Fri, 22 Dec 2023 20:12:15 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=242535 Miki Rene Inbody, Superintendent of Schools Fontana Unified School District (L) and Dr. Daniel Walker (R) stand before the O’Day Short Family Unity Garden at Randall Pepper Elementary School in Fontana, CA, on Friday, December 15, 2023. The Unity Garden was dedicated to commemorate the lives of O’Day, Helen, Barry and Carol Ann Short.

The O'Day Short Family Unity Garden was established at Randall Pepper Elementary School in Fontana, CA, to commemorate the lives of O'Day Short and his family who were murdered by white racist extremists in 1946.

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]]> 242535 Hate Crimes Increase Nationwide, Racial Bias Remains Prevalent https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/11/07/2022-crime-decrease-california-hate-crimes/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 18:06:05 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=241780 The FBI’s recently released 2022 nationwide crime report showed 14,631 law enforcement agencies submitted incident reports. There were 11,634 criminal incidents and 13,337 related offenses reported as being motivated by racial, ethnic, ancestral, religious, sexual orientation, disability, or gender bias.

The FBI released its 2022 nationwide crime report, showing a decrease in violent crime, but an increase in property crime, while hate crimes increased by 794 incidents in California.

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]]> 241780 60 Years Later: The Bombing that Rocked the Civil Rights Movement and Tore at the Conscience of America https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/09/15/60-years-later-the-bombing-that-rocked-the-civil-rights-movement-and-tore-at-the-conscience-of-america/ Sat, 16 Sep 2023 01:20:12 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=241272 60 years ago, on September 15, 1963, during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement, members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16 Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL. Killing four little girls: Addie Mae Collins, Carol Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley.

Prince James Story Sixty years ago, on September 15, 1963, the day started as a typical Sunday for most residents in Birmingham, Alabama— they woke up and prepared for church.  […]

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]]> 241272 In a “Superficial Rule of Colorblindness” Supreme Court Guts Affirmative Action in Higher Education https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/07/01/in-a-superficial-rule-of-colorblindness-supreme-guts-affirmative-action-in-higher-education/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 19:20:07 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=240498 The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, declaring race cannot be a factor and forcing institutions of higher education.

S. E. Williams In a 6-3 decision on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the race-conscious admissions policies used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina. The court determined […]

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]]> 240498 The Fight to End Involuntary Servitude in California https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/05/21/the-fight-to-end-involuntary-servitude-in-california/ Sun, 21 May 2023 23:07:05 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=240234 After 30 days of intense training 28 inmates graduate from the Glen Helen Fire Camp on April 28, 2015.

Prince James Story “California hasn’t had an era, yet, where it wasn’t practicing enslavement on a mass scale. So, that’s what we’re trying to stop. Hopefully, it will be led […]

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]]> 240234 Traffic Stops Seeped in Racial Bias https://blackvoicenews.com/2023/04/09/traffic-stops-seeped-in-racial-bias/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 21:40:25 +0000 https://blackvoicenews.com/?p=239544 According to staff attorney and director of Police Practices for the ACLU, Melanie Ochoa. “Certain categories of people in California, particularly Black folks, are subject to more stops, more invasive stops, and are less likely to actually result in contraband being seized by police.”

Prince James Story The San Bernardino Police Department held a DUI checkpoint on March 31, 2023, at 5th and Medical Center Drive. Although this was a planned event where about […]

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