The Right to Vote in 2012 - Profiles in Rights

      
                                               Congressional Black Caucus

MILWAUKEE(MPA) - On next Tuesday, March 5, Wisconsinites will make history.  It is important that each person who want to vote and is not limited by petition of the court that they are not suppressed.

Washington, DC
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Attorney General Eric Holder delivers the keynote address at a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Conference of National Black Churches.

The day also features panels on the state of voting rights, protecting a church's non-profit status, and energizing constituents and congregants to vote.

The Attorney General has announced that he will vigorously defend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including the Section 5 provision that Southern states or those that have historically disenfranchised black voters must clear any changes to voting law or electoral systems with the Justice Department.

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Birthright Citizenship and the 14th Amendment

Milwaukee, WisconsinSunday, May 20, 2012
From the Milwaukee meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Columbia University history professor Eric Foner and University of Iowa history professor Linda Kerber discuss the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the "birthright citizenship" provision. The historians argue that birthright citizenship dramatically changed American history for the better, and that the provision is unique to the United States. Professor Kerber also discusses women's citizenship in U.S. History.

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