Original article from: NBC News
LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter explains the voter suppression that Black voters have faced throughout the years, from activists fighting for the right to vote in 1965’s civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama to the issues with this year’s presidential primaries in Georgia.
LEFT VIEWPOINTS
- Voter suppression is not a new issue. In fact, voter suppression has always been a part of the systemic racism problem in the United States.
- African Americans were lynched and brutalized for over 100 years after that Civil War ended.
- In 2020, it is still a big issue. By understaffing polling stations that are heavily used by African Americans, Republicans have intentionally suppressed voting by black Americans.
- Mail-in voting is an important way to spread democracy and alleviating voter suppression.