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Dick Durbin: “One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
One out of every 13 African Americans of voting age has lost the right to vote.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Highlights the disproportionate impact of disenfranchisement on African Americans.

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