A Plot Most Foul: Silencing the Black Vote
Was it a riot or a massacre? Colfax, Louisiana was the scene of a bloody, Reconstruction era incident aimed at suppressing Black/African American votes. Today, some call it a riot, others a massacre. Join Dr. Carol and her indefatigable niece Kourtney as they ferret out the truth while illuminating how voter suppression is part and parcel of systemic racism in America. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://linktr.ee/WATSA
Citations
“Black voters continue to face voter suppression 155 years after Juneteenth," PR Watch Editors, PR Watch, June 19, 2020.
Southern Poverty Law Center, https://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs
“The voting rights act of 1965,” This Day in History, The History Channel, original Nov. 2009, Updated Aug. 25, 2020. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act
“Timeline: voter suppression in the US from the civil war to today,” Terrance Smith, ABC News, August 20, 2020.
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