***On The 50th Anniversary
Of The Historic Voting Rights Act Of 1964
http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-mavis-staples-sings-the-soundtrack-of-civil-rights/
Frank Jackman comment: maybe the Voting Rights Act Of 1964 was not the be-all and end-all of the civil rights struggle in America, and the struggle for racial equality, but it was an important milestone to have in the essentially police-state run South in those days when voter suppression was state policy. The importance of the Act has only been underlined by the recent judicial and legislative attempts to deprive whole segments of the voting population of America, mainly blacks and other minorities, of the need of leftist to protect the right to vote just like we vociferously defend all hard fought (and reversible) democratic rights and social gains.
http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-mavis-staples-sings-the-soundtrack-of-civil-rights/
Frank Jackman comment: maybe the Voting Rights Act Of 1964 was not the be-all and end-all of the civil rights struggle in America, and the struggle for racial equality, but it was an important milestone to have in the essentially police-state run South in those days when voter suppression was state policy. The importance of the Act has only been underlined by the recent judicial and legislative attempts to deprive whole segments of the voting population of America, mainly blacks and other minorities, of the need of leftist to protect the right to vote just like we vociferously defend all hard fought (and reversible) democratic rights and social gains.
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