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From the 1870 15th Amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights for Black people have proven to be ephemeral. Laws can be unenforced or gutted altogether. Black people’s rights must be defended by mass popular action.

President Lyndon Johnson signs Voting Rights Act of 1965 as Martin Luther KIng and others look on. Yoichi Okamoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

From the 1870 15th Amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, voting rights for Black people have proven to be ephemeral. Laws can be unenforced or gutted altogether. Black people’s rights must be defended by mass popular action.

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