Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the fight for expansive voting - TopicsExpress



          

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the fight for expansive voting rights legislation, to counteract discrimination against African American voters. And in 1965, he watched President Johnson sign the Voting Rights Act into law. Last year, the Supreme Court gutted a key part of the Voting Rights Act, opening the door for a wave of voter suppression laws across the country – but Congress can and must fix it! Sign the petition now to tell Congress to restore strength to the Voting Rights Act.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:00:00 +0000

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