“Really, an historic night last night. You may have heard, Barack Obama will be the first black president of the United States of America. ... Obama is also the first Democrat to receive more than 50 percent of the vote since Jimmy Carter, the first senator to be elected since Jack Kennedy, the first Muslim to be ... I said too much.” FirstsMaySaidStatesLastsAmericaNightBlackPresidentUnitedUnited StatesToo MuchHeardPercentVoteDemocratBarackSenatorsUnited States Of AmericaHistoricLast NightJimmyCarterJack Kennedy Author:Jon Stewart
“Black folks in America are telling one party, 'We don't give a damn about you.' They're telling the other party, 'You've got our vote.' Therefore, you have labeled yourself 'disenfranchised' because one party knows they've got you under their thumb. The other party knows they'll never get you and nobody comes to address your interest.” KnowsGivingAmericaBlackInterestPartyVoteFolksDamnAddressesThumbsDon't Give A DamnDisenfranchised Author:Stephen A. Smith
“Men and women in my lifetime have died fighting for the right to vote: people like James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were murdered while registering black voters in Mississippi in 1964, and Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1965 during the Selma march for voting rights.” PeopleMenFightingBlackRightsMen And WomenVoteDiedLifetimeVotingMarchVotersMississippiAndrewRight To VoteKu Klux KlanViolaGoodman Author:Jeff Greenfield
“Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman -- controls 20 percent to 25 percent of the primary vote.” StatesBlackPercentVotePrimariesCongressman Author:Jim Clyburn
“Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote.” MenBlackWhiteFitVoteVotingWhite Man Author:Warren G. Harding
“The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate" votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the "real" Americans the Democrats must pursue.” WantFeelsIdeasRealBlackWhiteLevelsAcceptingClassMiddleFemaleVoteOrganizationDemocraticDemocratMalesPursueMiddle ClassVotersElitesWorking ClassAffluentTacit Author:Ellen Willis
“I'm thinking about American votes and American - all Americans, black or white have to be concerned about what's happening in the world.” ThinkingWorldBlackWhiteHappeningsConcernedVoteBlack Or White Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Marvel Comics announced that the next Captain America will be black. He has the same powers as white Captain America, except he has to show I.D. when he votes.” ShowsAmericaNextBlackWhiteVoteCaptainsMarvel Comics Author:Bill Maher
“My philosophy is such that I am not going to vote against the oppressed. I have been oppressed, and so I am always going to have avote for the oppressed, regardless of whether that oppressed is black or white or yellow or the people of the Middle East, or what. I have that feeling.” PeopleHas BeensPhilosophyFeelingsBlackWhiteMiddleVoteEastOppressionYellowMiddle EastOppressedBlack Or White Book:Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement Source: Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement
“There are many Americans who regardless of the intelligence or the profound political persuasion of a figure will never vote for a black man. Not all of them are racists; some are skeptical, and some are suspicious.” MenPoliticalBlackFiguresVoteProfoundRacistPersuasionSuspiciousSkeptical Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.” PeopleFirstsTwoStatesBlackVoteBlack PeopleRight To Vote Author:Agnes Varda
“Since felons are subsequently disfranchised, the US now has 1.75 million people disqualified from voting because of their criminality- 1.4 million black men have forfeited their right to vote, almost 15 per cent of the black male population.” PeopleMenBlackMillionsVoteMalesPopulationVotingCentsRight To VoteCriminalityFelonsBlack Males Book:The No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty Source: The No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty