Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights (7 miles to nearest voting booth)

[babylonsister]

Mods, this is about supression of voting rights and what students are doing about it. As such, I don't think it qualifies as a primary story. Also, no specific candidates are mentioned. Thanks.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5552259.html

Thousands march in Prairie View for voting rights

By HELEN ERIKSEN


PRAIRIE VIEW — More than 1,000 Prairie View A&M students turned out today to march in support of their voting rights.

The marchers said Prairie View student voting rights have been suppressed for decades in Waller County.

The protesters carried "Register to Vote" signs and wore black shirts with the slogan, "It is 2008 and we will vote.

"I was angry after registering to vote in the 2006 election only to be turned away at the voting booth," said sophomore Dee Dee Williams.

The march began at 9 a.m. as the protesters left the campus on the seven-mile journey to the Waller County Courthouse in Hempstead.

Students, local leaders, civil rights activists and elected officials took part in the march. Police estimated the total crowd at about 2,000 people..

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5552259.html

[Horse with no Name]

1. Good for these kids!

And a little off-topic...did you know Prairie View has one of the BEST nursing schools in Texas that you never hear of?
Their nurses are cream of the crop.:thumbsup:

[musette_sf]

2. and for those unfamiliar with the TX college system

Prairie View is a predominantly African-American school.

[annabanana]

3. Magnificent! I hope they have lots of cameras!. . . . . . n/t

[islandmkl]

4. guess what the makeup of the Prairie View student body is?.....

now why would those good, American, flag-waving boys down in Texas make it so hard for these folks to vote?

[babylonsister]

5. Seems like that's changing; that's what activism does! nt

[HowHasItComeToThis]

6. WE WILL TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK FROM THE FASCISTS

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[babylonsister]

7. Yes, we will! These kids know how they've been disenfranchised,

and they're not giving in without a fight. :applause: :hi: