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On the recordJune 24, 2019
For over a century, women were denied the right to vote, and for a century and a half, African Americans were the most brutally attacked, denying their rights to vote.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses historical voting rights injustices faced by women and African Americans.

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