From Brown to Ballots: The Unfinished Battle for Voting Power in America

Tracing a century-long arc from Brown v. Board (1954) through the 1964 and 1965 Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, the piece shows how federal action countered state-backed disenfranchisement amid oral and physical violence in the South, then notes a 2026 Supreme Court ruling that weakened protections for Black-majority districts, sparking renewed mobilization in Selma and Montgomery to defend voting rights and democracy across party lines.