Another pivotal moment, activists say, came last year during a nationwide prison strike that got significant attention. One of the prisoners’ 10 demands was to allow people behind bars to vote @SlaveryPrison
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There is “smoking gun evidence” that felon disenfranchisement laws were originally passed with racial intent, said Christopher Uggen.....
“These laws are not surprising given our racialized history,” he said. “What’s surprising is that they’ve persisted.” #Right2Vote
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