Okay. See if they are out there. [ background noise ] janet has to be out there somewhere. [ laughing ] step back, please. Thank you. Thank you. Another that focuses on suicide prevention. Well also bring you a National Press club event with actor and veterans advocate gary senise. That begins at 1 00 p. M. Eastern here on cspan 3. Next a discussion on the history of the Voting Rights act from the obstacles africanamericans faced in the reconstruction era to the current status of Voting Rights after the Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County versus holder. The National Museum of africanamerican history and culture hosts this event. Its an hour and a half. It is such a pleasure to be here. I want to thank you so much for joining us in this celebration. Were here tonight to celebrate two important cornerstones of our democracy. One, of course, is the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights act and as mr. Ellis said, also the 75th anniversary of the Legal Defense fund, and i positioned them
That. The reason why it expanded like that was not just because the legislature was doing so many radical things on so many issue s it was not just an hispanic issue. Every group had a stake in North Carolina was affected by this whether you cared about the environment or a womens right to choose or economic injustice. I think that was a powerful message. It is kind of an asylum and what reverend barber said is that it was an issue for everyone in the state. A lot of shelf life that is longer than just one demonstration or one protester. I actually ended my book with the moral Mondays Movement because i think it is such a powerful example of the time of activism that we need. I think youre right but i also think that it wasnt abstract. It wasnt like the right to vote affects all of these other things. It so happened that in North Carolina, all of those were there. It was about a womans right to choose, about voting, about, you know, wages and a whole set of issues that were on the tabl
Thats one. Two, two, im actually intrigued by the wonderful statements that you made which is that we didnt and never have had the guts to enforce the punishment provision of section two of the 14th a i mendment. I think that is absolutely true. Probably less inclination to punish today than ever did. I cant imagine that happening. It is the same provision that i just described that is used to support expel and disenfranchisement and yet we would really never marshal the power that is right there in the clause to actually punish for the denial the right to vote which you are quite right. Whether that is in fact a fertile area for litigation is something i would have to think more about. By the way were letting the panelist respond. Go ahead, sir. One of the things i think that we have to understand that when feelings get strong it doesnt matter what the law is. You can have all the laws on the books and you can end up with a terrible result. But the opposite of that is that we have to
Including the beautiful witnessing of the structure that is across the way that will house the history of the people in this country who have done so much to bring its truth to reality. In this country who have done so much to bring its truths to reality. So many of you may know the Legal Defense fund for its masterminding and being the architects of brown versus board of education, but our legacy in the area of Voting Rights is equally powerful. For decades we have worked to enforce and expand the protections under the Voting Rights act which itself was enacted to enforce the 14th and 15th amendments. Weve done that for well over five decades. We played a vital role in the pivotal events that led to the passage of the Voting Rights act by representing the marchers. We were the legal team that worked with the marchers that worked with the late dr. Martin luther king in not only mapping out the logistics of the march but even the root of the march, and we have the historic order that al
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