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Tag Archives: right to vote
On this day in history, May 7, 1955 — Rev. George Lee Fatally Shot After Attempting to Register to Vote in Belzoni, Mississippi
Reverend George Lee, co-founder of Belzoni, Mississippi’s NAACP chapter and the first African American to register to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, is considered one of the first martyrs of the Civil Rights Movement. Rev. Lee first moved to … Continue reading
Posted in Race, History & American Society
Tagged Belzoni Mississippi, Civil Rights Movement, Civil Rights Movement martyrs, Deep South, Equal Justice Initiative, Humphreys County Medical Center, Medgar Evers, NAACP, Reconstruction, Rev. George Lee, right to vote, voter registration, White Citizen's Council
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No Right More Basic Than the Right to Vote
In the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on political campaign contributions, McCutcheon V. FEC, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, βThere is no right in our democracy more basic than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.β … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Chronicles, Politics & Public Affairs, Reentry, Revolution
Tagged "no taxation without representation", Chiet Justice John G. Roberts Jr., disenfranchisement, felon disenfranchisement, McCutcheon v. FEC, political campaign contributions, right to vote, U.S. Supreme Court
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