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What we lost when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act — and why we need a new one
We face one of the greatest challenges to Black political participation since the VRA first came into existence.
The path to voting rights was paved with the blood, sweat and tears of generations of people who endured injustice from a system that did not recognize their equality or, at times, their humanity.
People like my great-grandfather, who was forced to take a literacy test and find three white men to vouch for his character when he registered to vote in Alabama.
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