protections and provisions. we have those today because of that march on washington. you know, there are things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination. federal funds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if their constitutional rights 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. there are 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 if you, you know, have a felony, but for the most part you can register to vote. in 63 there were very few registered voters.
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
i mean, if we look at the fact that they made ten demands at that march on washington, the substance of a good percentage of those demands was about civil rights protections and provisions. we have those today because of that march on washington. you know, there are things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination. federal funds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if their constitutional rights 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 passings of the civil rights act, the voting rights act and the fair housing act. there are 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.
march on washington. you know, there are things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federal funds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if their constitutional rights have been violated, the attorney general can institute injunctive relief suits. so these are things we are benefiting from today because of the march on washington and the subsequent passage of the civil rights act, voting rights act and the fair housing act. there are, today, if you re 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, if you, you know, commit a felony, but for the most part, you can register to vote. in 63, there were very few black registered voters. in fact, in 63, there were very few black elected officials. now there are numerous black elected officials in congress, in state houses, you know, in city halls.
we have those today because of that march on washington. you know, there are things in place that protect people in case of employment discrimination, housing discrimination, federal funds can be withheld. there are things that protect people if their constitutional rights have been violated, the attorney general can institute injunctive relief suits. so these are things we are benefiting from today because of the march on washington and the subsequent passage of the civil rights act, voting rights act and the fair housing act. there are, today, if you re 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, if you, you know, commit a felony, but for the most part, you can register to vote. in 63, there were very few black registered voters. in fact, in 63, there were very few black elected officials. now there are numerous black elected officials in congress, in state houses, you know, in city hal