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Tag Archives: Voting Rights Act
Understanding the Importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on a case challenging Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which protects voters by requiring covered states and localities to get preapproval of their voting changes from the U.S. Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil and Human Rights News
Tagged voting rights, Voting Rights Act, VRA Section 5
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Video: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” – Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act
By Philomena Ogalo, A Spring 2013 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern Jon Stewart recently featured a “Daily Show” segment on the Voting Rights Act, just a week after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of Section … Continue reading
VIDEO: Civil and Human Rights Community Rallies in Support of the Voting Rights Act
Watch a video of supporters of the Voting Rights Act rallying outside of the Supreme Court in support of the Act on the day the Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a key provision of the Act. Continue reading
Civil Rights News: SCOTUS Set to Hear Key Voting Rights Case; Obama Immigration Plan Details Circulate; Reforming Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Compiled by Emily Van Dusen, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Voting Rights Act Has Run Its Course Richard Wolf USA Today With the Shelby County v. Holder case being argued … Continue reading
Watch: The Voting Rights Act at Work in Alabama, Texas and South Carolina
On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case from Shelby County, Alabama, in which opponents of the Voting Rights Act are trying to strike down a key section of the law—Section 5. Section 5 is the … Continue reading
‘The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement’ on PBS
By Maddie Peare, a Summer 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern On Thursday, August 9 at 10:00 p.m., PBS will be showing the 2012 Oscar-nominated short film, “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” which tells … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights history, voting rights, Voting Rights Act
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A Critique Out of Love for Netroots Nation
But there were two significant topics that the were overlooked this year that strike me as a real serious missed opportunity – redistricting and the prison industrial complex. Continue reading
