One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote.
Dick Durbin: “One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote.”
On the recordDecember 8, 2014
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Highlights the disproportionate impact of disenfranchisement on African Americans.
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