![]() How did you get started studying this? Why did voting rights and voter suppression become something that was the focus of your work?Ĭarol Anderson: I am a human rights scholar. There's a lot to cover, but before we do that, I'm just curious for you. Kai Wright: I have decades worth of history I want you to walk me through here. ![]() I think it is useful context for this week's news.Ĭarol Anderson: Hi. ![]() Anderson can walked me through the long history of voter suppression in the United States and of the legislative effort to expand democracy. We talked about her book One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy. I'm sure Fox News will shortly be calling them rioters.Īnyway, with this news as backdrop, I want to share a conversation I had back in 2020 with historian Carol Anderson. As of this recording that has not happened, and in fact, a number of them were arrested alongside Faith leaders as they protested peacefully at the Capitol. ![]() They wanted to vote up or down on the Freedom to Vote Act. ![]() On our last show, we introduced you to one of the dozens of students who've gone on hunger strike as a way to illustrate the urgency of the voting rights debate in Congress. ![]()
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