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7 years ago, in a 5-4 decision, #SCOTUS handed down Shelby Co. v. Holder, effectively gutting the Voting Rights Act. Since we’re in the “most unprecedented election year,” let’s talk about voting rights and fighting voter suppression. #VRA #ShelbyCountyvHolder 1/X
7 years ago, in a 5-4 decision, #SCOTUS handed down Shelby Co. v. Holder, effectively gutting the Voting Rights Act. Since we’re in the “most unprecedented election year,” let’s talk about voting rights and fighting voter suppression. #VRA #ShelbyCountyvHolder 1/X
100 years post-Civil War, the VRA guaranteed the right to vote for Black folx. VRA became the most important piece of civil rights legislation that century and one of the transformational laws in history. 2/X
VRA suspended literacy tests, authorized Dept of Justice to file lawsuits to challenge poll taxes, sent federal observers to monitor elections, and, VRA§5 forced states w/ the worst history of discrimination to clear electoral changes with the fed govt. 3/X
