Groups plan effort for Mississippi voting rights restoration
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
April 19, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
14
1of14With tears rolling down her face, Debra Thomas speaks of the process to have her voting rights restored after completing her prison sentence, Monday, April 19, 2021, during a Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival assembly and news briefing in Jackson, Miss. The group presented a number of issues they hope will be addressed at a national gathering later in the year, including aspects of voter suppression, a low minimum wage and police violence.Rogelio V. Solis/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14Rev. William J. Barber II, national co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, tells a gathering in downtown Jackson, Miss., that restoring voting rights to people who have finished serving time is a moral imperative, Monday, April 19, 2021. Barber was among speakers who addressed issues including voter suppression, low minimum wage and police violence. The Campaign seeps to have the issues addressed at a national assembly later this year.Rogelio V. Solis/APShow MoreShow Less