by Wendell Griffen | Oct 6, 2022 | Opinion
The much boasted American “rule of law” is a sham. Notice how legislators across the nation, including Arkansas, rushed to pass laws to disenfranchise or undermine voting by Black people after Donald Trump was defeated in 2020. In Arkansas, white Republican...
by Wendell Griffen | Oct 5, 2022 | Opinion
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in the case of Moore v. Dempsey in 1923. By a 6–2 margin, the Court said that the trials of six of the Elaine 12 – Frank Moore, Frank and Ed Hicks, Joe Knox, Paul Hall and Ed Coleman – were dominated by mobs....
by Preston Clegg | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, placed 237 white crosses on the lawn by its parking lot in late September. We did so to honor the memory of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago. Along with the crosses, there was a sign which...