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Civil rights veterans vow to press on after Voting Rights Act setback

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Source: The Guardian
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.

Topics:nationpolitics#civil-rights-movement#politics#selma#supreme-court#voter-suppression#voting-rights-act
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  1. ‘We’re going backwards’: five civil rights activists slam the supreme court’s gutting of Voting Rights Act  The Guardian
  2. SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling  Democracy Docket
  3. Court agrees to immediately finalize Voting Rights Act decision; refuses request to reverse this  SCOTUSblog
  4. Federal appellate court scraps its ruling against Louisiana’s legislative boundaries  Louisiana Illuminator
  5. The Court Didn’t Just Disenfranchise Blacks. It Also Disenfranchised Cities.  The American Prospect

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