S26 Ep17: Data Points: The History and Impact of Voting

*Content warning: murder, bigotry, racism, violence, slavery, assault, wrongful imprisonment.
Sources:
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Brennan Center for Justice, Wilder, W., & Baum, S. (2022, January 31). 5 Egregious Voter Suppression Laws from 2021. Brennan Center for Justice. brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/5-…
Brennan Center for Justice. (n.d.) The Myth of Voter Fraud. brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american…
British Broadcasting Corporation. (n.d.). Suffragettes in prison. In BBC. bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqkbbqt#zjkbbqt
The Center for Public Integrity, & Starshak, H. (2022, October 6). It’s easy to vote in Washington, D.C., but it still doesn’t count. publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/who-cou…
Civil rights protesters beaten in ‘Bloody Sunday’ attack. (2020, March 4). History.com. history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-…
Codrington, W., III. (2019, November 17). The Electoral College’s Racist Origins. The Atlantic. brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/el…
Duignan, B. (n.d.). Voter suppression. In Britannica. britannica.com/topic/voter-suppression
Federal Bureau of Investigations. (n.d.). Mississippi Burning. FBI.gov. fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/mississippi-burning
The Fight for the Right to Vote. (2024). In American Unversity Washington College of Law. wcl.american.libguides.com/voting/history/time…
Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson, 1868. (n.d.). United States Senate. senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment…
KXAN. (n.d.). President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Voting Rights Act Speech [Video]. YouTube. Retrieved August 6, 2015, from youtube.com/watch?v=VbFmicUTb_k
League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. (n.d.). Types of Elections. CA Vote. cavotes.org/types-elections
McArdle, T. (2017, November 10). ‘Night of terror’: The suffragists who were beaten and tortured for seeking the vote. Washington Post. washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/11/…
National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Voting Rights Act of (1965). In National Archives and Records Administration. archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights….
National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Electoral College History. In National Archives and Records Administration. archives.gov/electoral-college/history
Pew Research. (n.d.). Voter Turnout 2018-2022. pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voter-turn…
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University of North Texas Libraries. (2024). A Brief History of Voting in America. In UNT Libraries. guides.library.unt.edu/voting/history-of-votin…
What is the Victims of Crime Act? (2024, April 30). Everytown. everytown.org/what-is-the-victims-of-crime-act
When Women Lost the Vote. (n.d.). In The Museum of the History of the American Revolution. amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibits/when-women-los…
The White House Historical Association, & Shogan, C. (2021, April 8). “We Shall Overcome”: Lyndon Johnson and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The White House Historical Association. whitehousehistory.org/we-shall-overcome-lbj-vo…
Archive Audio Sources:
(Democracy Now!) Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches MLKs Famous Montgomery Speech: youtu.be/CBm48Scju9E?si=SjGjlUrxHhVfBoBB
(The Washington Post) Remembering Rep. John Lewis, in his own words: youtu.be/5ayewOtuixI?si=qZvqoS8R6nr97KdH

(AAPB) Rep. John Lewis on Bloody Sunday in a 1985 Eyes on the Prize interview: facebook.com/gbh/videos/rep-john-lewis-on-bloo…
(JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE) John Lewis: Good Trouble - Bloody Sunday Clip: youtube.com/watch?v=hYHJ6JlERxY
Resources:
eac.gov/help-america-vote
socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Incr…
justice.gov/crt/media/1348556/dl?inline
rockthevote.org
votolatino.org
nonprofitvote.org
nvrtf.org
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