black disenfranchisement would remain constant. fr freedom summer proved you could not give people a voice in the political process just by teaching them how to pass literacy tests the. it proved you could not play by rules and win. instead you had to change the rules. one year later thanks in part to the national spotlight freedom summer showed in mississippi, thanks to the mountains of evidence generated by those activists trying and failing to register people it to vote, congress passed and president johnson signed the voting rights act. the voting rights act abolished literacy tests and those to suppress the black vote and sent federal officials to observe elections. it would be difficult to overstate the importance of the vra and what a civil war and constitutional amendment could not do that vra did. in 1964, 6.7% of african-americans in mississippi were registered to vote. five years later 66.5% were
subsisting on poverty wages, multiple jobs and living without health insurance. retirement savings or job security. 78.3% is how much of all instructional faculty in 1969 was tenured or in track positions. while only 33.5% were tenured or in tenured track positions in 2009. 66.5% of faculty ineligible for tenure at all. tenure is not a lifetime guarantee of employment in the face of mediocrity. it ensures due process, a vote in how your institution is governed and the freedom and responsibility to pursue research. it is the foundational core of american higher education. but as colleges rely on aject professors this is eroded. 75.5% of faculty members and instructors are in contingent positions off the tenure track. and 54% of contingent faculty
msnbc. i m ver even ka de la cruz. six people dead after a 66.5 earthquake hit mexico city. there aren t reports of widespread damage. friends of the man accused of killing a virginia tech police officer say he showed no signs of violent tendencies. he committed suicide after shooting the officer thursday afternoon. his motive remains unclear. i m veronica de la cruz. now back to lockup. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. on the first wednesday of every month, inmates gather in the yard of indiana s wabash