[1]Since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, many states have pushed a dizzying array of changes to voter laws that raise disturbing connections to the past.
On this week’s show, we’ll hear stories about the hard fought battles for the right to vote, and examine whether modern day voting requirements are a step backwards in the ongoing struggle for civil rights.
Featuring:
Reverend Tyrone Edwards, civil rights historian in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana; Tyrone Brooks, Georgia State Representative; Clifford Kuhn, Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; JT Johnson [2], civil rights organizer; Allen Secher, rabbi; Jerel James and Tamia Adkinson, docents at Civil Rights Museum of St. Augustine [3]; August Tinson, testified in U.S. vs Fox (1962); Gary May, professor of history at the University of Delaware and the author of Bending Towards Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy.
Music in show:
“Ain't Scared of Your Jails [4],” sung at civil rights march in Washington, D.C. August 1963
“Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring” [5] by Newton Balloon
“Vaya” [6] by andrés elstein
“Equal Soul” [7] by Trans Atlantic Rage / Balogh
Credits:
Host: Laura Flynn
Producers: Laura Flynn, Andrew Stelzer, George Lavender, Jasmin Lopez
Contributing Producers: Anna Simonton and Dina Weinstein
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Web Editor: Kwan Booth
More information:
Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy By Gary May [8]
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine [9]
The Formula Behind the Voting Rights Act New York Times [10]
Southern Poverty Law Center [11]
Department of Justice [12]
NY Times:
Tracking changes of voting law changes [13]
ProPublica Civil Rights timeline [14]
ACLU
Voting Rights Act timeline [15]
Movement Music
Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama [16]
Lyrics of the Freedom Songs [17]
Articles, reports, etc.
Court Decisions on Voting Rules Sow Confusion in state Races New York Times [18]
Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws U.S. Government Accountability Office [19]
United States v. Fox, 211 F. Supp. 25 (E.D. La. 1962) District Court, E.D. Louisiana. [20]
Remembering A Civil Rights Swim-In: It was A Milestone’ [21]
Lyndon B. Johnson speech Before Congress on Voting Rights (March 15, 1965) [22]
[1] https://kpfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/editedlyndon.jpg
[2] http://civilrightslibrary.com/people/johnson-j-t/
[3] http://civilrightsmuseumstaug.webs.com/
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c2lLYuYU1I
[5] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Newton_Balloon/Every_Cloud_Has_Your_Smile/01_newton_balloon_-_spring__summer__fall__winter____and_spring
[6] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/andrs_elstein/la_caja/07_-_andrs_elstein_-_la_caja_-_vaya
[7] http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Trans_Atlantic_RageBalogh/Sillage_Intemporel_Netlabel_Some_Great_Universes_In_One_Place_Compilation/Equal_Soul
[8] http://www.bendingtowardjusticebook.com/
[9] http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwhis/5535.html
[10] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/23/us/voting-rights-act-map.html?_r=0
[11] http://www.splcenter.org/?gclid=CLz26Zb9mMECFVEQ7AodymQAJw
[12] http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/misc/faq.php
[13] http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/07/25/us/efforts-to-change-voting-laws.html?gwh=0DE23F9D6FD8EFDADA9BC655F2C0A288&gwt=pay
[14] http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/vra
[15] https://www.aclu.org/timeline-history-voting-rights-act
[16] http://www.folkways.si.edu/freedom-songs-selma-alabama/african-american-music-american-history-struggle-protest/music/album/smithsonian
[17] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/soundtrack-lyrics/
[18] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/us/politics/midterm-elections-voting-laws-court.html
[19] http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-634
[20] https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-fox-29
[21] http://www.npr.org/2014/06/13/321380585/remembering-a-civil-rights-swim-in-it-was-a-milestone
[22] http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/speech-3386