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January 29, 2019   ✎news , carol anderson

Carol Anderson: "How Republicans turned voter suppression into a high art"

Carol Anderson has been interviewed for this feature at Vox:

❝ Q: Black voter turnout fell by 7 percent in the 2016 presidential election. How do you account for that decline?

Carol Anderson: I attribute it to the fact that this was the first presidential election in 50 years without the protections of the Voting Rights Act. We saw in a number of states — including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Kansas, Florida, and others — that Republican state legislatures implemented voter suppression laws that very deliberately targeted minority groups, especially black voters. And it’s pretty clear that those suppression efforts were successful … [Vox.com]


CAROL ANDERSON is a human and civil rights advocate & expert on African American history and 20th century politics. Watch her talk about how voter suppression works below, and learn more about booking Carol for your next event today.

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