In 50 years, what’s changed?
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was enacted marking the beginning of
the end of voter suppression and disenfranchisement of blacks and
people of color in the U.S.Soon afterwards the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
and Southern Christian Leadership Council issued a call to students to
come to Mississippi to help register black voters during the 1965
Christmas vacation. It was called Mississippi Freedom Christmas. Jim
Lemkin, a volunteer photographer for SNCC, traveled the rural roads of
Tylertown, Mississippi with a group of northern college students
getting the word out that voter suppression was now illegal. Against a
backdrop of southern resentment and hostility, students went door to
door informing black residents of Wallthall County that they could now
register to vote (most for the first time in their lives) and taking
them to a Federal registrar to complete the voter registration
process.This slide presentation and discussion follows the work of a
handful of students moved by compassion and the call to action for
social justice. We will also explore the consequences of the repeal of
a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013. Join us for a slide
show & discussion.Monday September 24th 7 pm
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