Kerry: Let's Keep the Vote Alive In America

[politicasista]

Commentary: 40 Years After the Voting Rights Act, Let’s Keep the Vote Alive in America
Date: Thursday, August 04, 2005
By: Sen. John Kerry, Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com

Forty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in our nation’s history. This precious right was earned by brave American citizens who risked their lives to register voters, who marched, who stared down Bull Connor’s police dogs, who faced the billy clubs and tear gas and beatings and lynching, and some who even lost their lives fighting to open up the polls and make the right to vote real for every American.

Tomorrow, four decades later, America’s civil rights, religious and labor leaders, along with thousands of our fellow citizens will gather in Atlanta. They will march to Keep the Vote Alive in America – to celebrate what we have achieved, and highlight how far we still have to go.

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/sayitloud/kerry805


It is a long article, but a nice read. I am glad Kerry is doing this at urban sites such as this. The respsones have been pretty good so far.


Thanks Sen. Kerry. :yourock:

[politicasista]

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[karynnj]

2. Thanks for posting this

It really is a nice read. I hope he writes something similar for other places because this is such an important issue. I do understand the special historical importance (even 2004 is now history) of this issue to minorities, but all Americans should be disgusted with our country's inability to have a clean, well run election process.

If these types of comments go only to minorities, it may look like pandering and insinsere - even though I doubt it is.