To the Point
The Voting Rights Act 50 Years Later: Race and the Ballot Box
The 1965 Voting Rights Act paved the way for black voters in states where they'd been denied the franchise, despite the Bill of Rights and the Civil War. In 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that enforcement wasn't needed any more.
By Warren Olney • • 32m ListenThe 1965 Voting Rights Act paved the way for black voters in states where they'd been denied the franchise, despite the Bill of Rights and the Civil War. In 2013, the US Supreme Court ruled that enforcement wasn't needed any more. Now, Alabama's accused of trying again to keep blacks away from the polls, while the Supreme Court's being asked to rule that Latinos get an unfair advantage. We hear more about voter ID's, the drawing of district boundaries and the Constitution.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Christine Detz
Producer, 'To the Point'
Paul von Zielbauer
Producer, 'To the Point'
John Archibald
Alabama Media Group
Deuel Ross
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Ari Berman
voting rights reporter for Mother Jones, author of “Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People ― and the Fight to Resist It”