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Episode 113: Ballot Blocked
Episode 113: Ballot Blocked
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22 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2018
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Podcast episode
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In 1965, the passage of the Voting Rights Act helped secure equal access to the ballot, and it has enjoyed bipartisan support ever since. Right? Professor Rhodes shows how, over the years, politicians who publicly supported this law worked behind the scenes to dismantle it. For More on this Topic: Read Rhodes’ book, Ballot Blocked Check out his opinion piece in The Washington Post Further Reading: The Dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, Dewey M. Clayton, University of Louisville Episode 97: Who Has the Right to Vote?, Douglas Spencer, University of Connecticut
Released:
Jan 24, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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