Jim Cooper: “Black voters and many non-black voters are in a worse place now than…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2020

Black voters and many non-black voters are in a worse place now than they were in the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965.

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Cooper highlights the regression of voting rights since the Voting Rights Act.

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Jim Cooper: “Black voters and many non-black voters are in a worse place now than they were in the Voting Rights Act was passed in…”