September 30, 2011
"Give us the ballot!"
Martin Luther King Jr.'s words still resonate with many of us today. From the marches and protests in Selma, Ala., to the hundreds of voting-rights lawsuits to the on-the-ground slogan "One Man, One Vote," the road to equal voting rights has not been easy, particularly for communities of color.
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Today, we are witnessing the greatest assault on democracy in over a century.
Read moreApril 11, 2011
As Rev. Jesse Jackson told a group of us convened for the Election Verification Network conference in Chicago recently, “We brag about our democracy, but scheme to undermine it.” Indeed, equality is elusive. Record turnout of Black and Brown voters in the 2008 General Elections, along with census data showing the population of non-Whites rising fast, offer a glimmer of hope that the interests of people of color could more readily be heard in a nation fraught with a history of schemes silencing their voices.
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