Random Acts of Knowledge

S1 Ep63: Voter suppression in the past and present


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The history of voting in the United States doesn’t reflect a lot of inclusion.

Even after the passage of the 15th and 19th Amendments were passed, efforts were still made to keep black citizens and female citizens away from the polls.

Two panelists discuss how modified voter suppression techniques that date back to the Jim Crow era are still being used to keep people from voicing their vote.

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