have been violated. the attorney general can institute injunctive relief suits. so these are the things we benefit from today because of the march on washington and the subsequent passing of the civil rights act, the voting rights act and the fair housing act. today if you are a black citizen in america, you have the right to register to vote at the age of 18, for the most part. there are certain exceptions to that, you know, if you have a felony, but for the most part you can register to vote. in 1963 there were very few registered voters. in fact, in 1963 there were very few black elected officials. now there are numerous black elected officials in state houses, in congress, in city halls. 0bviously houses, in congress, in city halls. obviously we have had a black president. we ve had a black president. we ve had a black ambassador to the united nations, black school board members and black county commissioners. so we are in the room now, in a way that we