60 Years Later, The Voting Rights Act Faces New Threats — And Bold New Defenders

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Harrowing footage from the Civil Rights era—courageous protesters demanding their right to vote, met with batons and tear gas—still haunts the American conscience.

Those searing images of state-sponsored violence captured the danger Black people

Melissa Noel
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