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N.C. Greene American Community Media “Las manos que antes recogían algodón ahora pueden elegir presidentes”. Cuando el reverendo Jesse Jackson pronunció esas palabras durante la Convención Nacional Demócrata de 1984 y a lo largo de su campaña presidencial de 1988, cambió la forma en que se concebía públicamente la...
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N.C. Greene American Community Media “Hands that once picked cotton can now pick presidents.” When Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered those words during the 1984 Democratic National Convention and throughout his 1988 presidential campaign, he shifted how Black political participation was publicly imagined. He placed the descendants of enslaved laborers...
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the cusp of being confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. While Iowa’s senior U.S. senator plans to vote against her nomination, others hope her ascendance will resonate around the state. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on...
N.C. Greene American Community Media “Las manos que antes recogían algodón ahora pueden elegir presidentes”. Cuando el reverendo Jesse Jackson pronunció esas palabras durante la Convención Nacional Demócrata de 1984 y a lo largo de su campaña presidencial de 1988, cambió la forma en que se concebía públicamente la...
N.C. Greene American Community Media “Hands that once picked cotton can now pick presidents.” When Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered those words during the 1984 Democratic National Convention and throughout his 1988 presidential campaign, he shifted how Black political participation was publicly imagined. He placed the descendants of enslaved laborers...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is on the cusp of being confirmed as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. While Iowa’s senior U.S. senator plans to vote against her nomination, others hope her ascendance will resonate around the state. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on...