Voting is fundamental to our democratic society, yet the GOP at all levels are working to deny the franchise instead of protecting the vote.
Today in 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified, granting black men the right to vote. This was just the start in the fight for voting rights
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Instead of suppressing votes we have to make it easier for everyone to vote & zealously protect access to the ballot box for all Americans.
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@KamalaHarris First Black girl to attend an all white school in the US - Dorothy Counts, 15 - jeered and taunted by white peers.@owillispic.twitter.com/GQdniyfyKB
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We will always risk fascism if we don't conquer our country's racist underpinnings.
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And it took another 50 years and the 19th Amendment for women to get the right to vote.
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which white man will
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it actually gives men of ALL races the right to vote, not just black men.
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It can only be a start because XV limited the franchise to black males. It left much to do & still much to do.
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Tragic it took nearly 100 yrs to implement full voting rights. They have been eroding ever since.
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