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MORIAL: Protection from Foreign Interference in Elections
Nothing is more important in the fight for economic and racial justice than protecting the right to vote. Make sure…
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SEWELL: The Cost of a Vote
For those of us watching the attack on voting rights unfold, we have a responsibility to speak up and speak…
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Protecting the Right to Vote: Democracy Awakening
By Cornell William Brooks (President and CEO of the NAACP) When we think about the right to vote, it is…
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Nine Years Ago, Republicans Favored Voting Rights. What Happened?
(New York Times) – On July 20, 2006, the United States Senate voted to renew the Voting Rights Act for…
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From Selma to Shelby: The Assault on the Voting Rights Act
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist On August 6, the Voting Rights Act, keystone of the civil rights…
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N.C. NAACP Will Seek to Get Voter Restrictions Lifted
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, a voting rights trial is expected…
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Restore Voting Rights Act
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting…
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Blacks Continue Fight to Secure Voting Rights
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights…
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The Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Decision ‘Made Me Want to Cry’
By Rep. John Lewis NNPA Guest Columnist [Rep. John Lewis’ testimony July 17, 2013 before the Senate Judiciary Committee in…
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