Civil rights veterans vow to press on after Voting Rights Act setback
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Five civil rights veterans react to the Supreme Court's ruling that gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act marks a setback for Black voters, recounting Bloody Sunday and urging renewed voter education, registration, and turnout to counteract new redistricting and potential suppression while stressing that racism remains a core issue in American politics.
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- SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling Democracy Docket
- Court agrees to immediately finalize Voting Rights Act decision; refuses request to reverse this SCOTUSblog
- Federal appellate court scraps its ruling against Louisiana’s legislative boundaries Louisiana Illuminator
- The Court Didn’t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities. The American Prospect
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