“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
“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
“I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.” YearsStillsBlackWhiteEffortRightsElectionLocalsOfficialsVotingVotersSophisticatedRight To Vote Author:Edward Brooke
“Ever since the civil rights movement, the black church has always encouraged people to utilize their voting right, which is a right that was fought for.” PeopleBlackChurchRightsMovementCivil RightsVotingCivil Rights MovementRight To VoteBlack Church Author:Otis Moss III
“You notice that all the minorities are going to be voting for Barack Obama because he's a minority. He's going to be their hero; he's going to be their white knight if you will, or in this case black knight.” IfsBlackWhiteCasesHeroBarackVotingMinoritiesKnights Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“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