Voting rights legislation was defeated. But activists are not.

Barbara Arnwine, founder of the coalition, recalled talking with other activists after the voting rights legislation died in Congress and being surprised that some were "as depressed and upset as they were about where we are." It wasn't as if losing this one vote was the end of the struggle, she said.

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