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**FILE** A voter asks an election worker a question as she votes at Samuels Community Center in the presidential election in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City on Nov. 8, 2016. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Protection from Foreign Interference in Elections

by WI Guest Author May 15, 2019December 21, 2021

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Black Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

by WI Guest Author March 18, 2019October 31, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. was a champion for equity in education. Ralph Abernathy and his wife Juanita Abernathy (not pictured) follow with Dr. and Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr., as the Abernathy children march on the front line, leading the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. The children are (from left) Donzaleigh Abernathy (in striped sweater), Ralph David Abernathy III and Juandalynn R. Abernathy (in glasses). The name of the White minister in the photo is unknown. (Abernathy family photos/Wikipedia Commons)

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Selma, the Birthplace of Modern Democracy in America

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. March 5, 2019October 31, 2020

Sen. Jeff Sessions speaks at an immigration policy speech hosted by Donald Trump in Phoenix on Aug. 31, 2016. (Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia)

SCOTT: Sessions Has Black Friends — So What?

by WI Guest Author January 11, 2017October 30, 2020

Protecting the Right to Vote: Democracy Awakening

by NNPAFreddie April 15, 2016October 30, 2020

Voting Rights Act Explored In Public Forum

by NNPAFreddie November 10, 2015October 30, 2020

Republicans Ignore Anniversary of Voting Rights Act

by Reporter II August 10, 2015October 30, 2020

On Anniversary, Obama Says Too Few Use Hard-Won Voting Right

by Washington Informer August 7, 2015October 30, 2020

From Selma to Shelby: The Assault on the Voting Rights Act

by Reporter II August 3, 2015October 30, 2020

Voter Suppression Overshadows Voting Rights Act Celebration

by Reporter II August 3, 2015October 30, 2020