Keeping The Promise: A Community Panel on the Voting Rights Act Part 2

August 30, 2015 •
Keeping The Promise: A Community Panel on the Voting Rights Act Part 2
30 Minutes
Keeping The Promise: A Community Panel on the Voting Rights Act Part 2

Aug 30 2015 |

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Show Notes

Voting-Rights-Act-Image1 On August 6th, 1965, President Johnson signed the voting rights act. Here in Tucson, Congressman Raul Grijalva convened an event entitled Keeping The Promise, A Community Panel on the Voting Rights Act at the Tucson YWCA. Speakers discussed the promise it continues to hold for countless Americans, and the ongoing efforts to undermine that promise 50 years after it became law. Speakers include Attorney Vince Rabago, Congressman Raul Grijalva, and Grace Temple Baptist Church Pastor Grady Scott.

This is part 2 of a multipart series recorded and produced by Amanda Shauger

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