Black Legislators /tags/black-legislators Black Legislators en-US Copyright Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:52:55 GMT Q&A: Rep. Terry Brown on his bill to delete the NC constitution's literacy test /politics/2025-03-14/terry-brown-literacy-test-nc-constitution North Carolina's constitution still includes outdated language from a literacy test used to disenfranchise Black voters. Rep. Terry Brown, D-Mecklenburg, is leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling for a constitutional amendment. Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:52:55 GMT /politics/2025-03-14/terry-brown-literacy-test-nc-constitution Colin Campbell Decline of Black Political Power in the South /politics/2014-08-28/decline-of-black-political-power-in-the-south The percentage of black state legislators in the South that serve in the majority party has declined rapidly in the past 10 years—from 99 percent in 1994… Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:37:00 GMT /politics/2014-08-28/decline-of-black-political-power-in-the-south Anita Rao, Frank Stasio Decline of Black Political Power in the South /show/the-state-of-things/2014-08-28/decline-of-black-political-power-in-the-south The percentage of black state legislators in the South that serve in the majority party has declined rapidly in the past 10 years—from 99 percent in 1994… Thu, 28 Aug 2014 16:37:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2014-08-28/decline-of-black-political-power-in-the-south Anita Rao, Frank Stasio