Authors & Essays

Following the historic election of President Barack Obama, the illusion that racism had vanished – that the Civil Rights Movement had accomplished its righteous ends – blanketed many Americans with a warm, false sense of equality and security.

This essay examines the current state of voting rights in America on the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Dear Voting Rights Advocates,

Sixty years after the passage of the Voting Rights Act (“VRA”), this moment marks a critical time to embrace the lessons learned from the movement that brought about one of our nation’s most effective pieces of civil rights legislation.

“There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.”