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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentOctober 29, 2020

“Indiana has some incredibly restrictive voter laws, and currently we only have one early voting site in all of Indianapolis,” stated Robert Shegog, CEO at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine. “A few more will open Oct. 24, but significantly more are needed given the size of the city. However, it is very refreshing to see so many people voting early. This has been a trend in Indianapolis for over ten years now, and the numbers keep increasing,” Shegog noted.

FAME Premieres Voter Suppression Documentary
Religion

FAME Premieres Voter Suppression Documentary

Vicki Phillips, Contributing WriterSeptember 25, 2019

  “Suppressed: The Fight To Vote,” a documentary about the 2018 midterm elections in Georgia, will make its West Coast premiere on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 6 p.m., at First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., in Los Angeles. Pastor J. Edgar Boyd said that Brave New Films partnered with FAME to present the movie, which weaves together personal stories of voters in Georgia, “to paint an undeniable picture of voter suppression…and the threat it poses to or elections all across the nation in 2020.” A panel discussion will follow the screening. Admission is free and open to the public, however, attendees must

Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Opinion

Voter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 21, 2019

“Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.” —Patrisse Cullors

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Why Aren’t We Discussing Voter Suppression During an Election Year?

Bill Fletcher, Jr., NNPA News Wire ColumnistMarch 2, 2016

Bill Fletcher says that time and again throughout the history of the United States if the ruling elite wants to push through a nefarious measure, they first implement it in communities of color. There are many peculiar things about the 2016 election cycle, but one of them is what is not being discussed. There are two items that immediately jump to mind and, believe it or not they both have to do with elections. The first is, that in the state of Michigan, there have been a series of silent coups taking place in which Black-majority cities are losing control

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Voter Suppression Could Kill Black Americans’ Dream

Yussuf J. Simmonds (Managing Editor)August 9, 2012

  Black leaders say that we must fight voter disenfranchisement and not let it deny us the gains made via the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was passed almost 50 years ago.    The right to vote is a constitutional right.  The Voting Rights Act (VRA) that was signed into law on August 6, 1965 was designed to protect individuals who were denied the right to vote based on their race or prerequisite qualifications such as literacy tests, poll tax and/or having a photo ID card.  What the VRA actually did was: it enfranchised millions of minority voters whose