Thursday, 23 June 2016

Welcome to the First Presidential Election Since Voting Rights Act Gutted

As a young civil rights activist, Congressman John Lewis was brutally beaten marching for the right to vote in Selma, Alabama. Lewis's heroism spurred the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the country's most important civil rights law. But three years ago this week, in Shelby County v. Holder,...

from RollingStone.com: News http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-first-presidential-election-since-voting-rights-act-gutted-20160623

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