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On the recordFebruary 25, 2020
Black voters and many non-black voters are in a worse place now than we were when the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965.
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James A. Lewis
Democratic · Illinois

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John Lewis highlights the decline in voting rights for minorities since the Voting Rights Act.

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