COMMENTARY: The Voting Rights Act Didn’t Fail — the Country Abandoned Its Moral Commitment to It

COMMENTARY: The Voting Rights Act Didn’t Fail — the Country Abandoned its Moral Commitment to it

By Anneshia Hardy | The AFRO There is a dangerous narrative taking shape in this country right now, one suggesting that the Voting Rights Act simply outlived its usefulness. That the protections once necessary during the Civil Rights era are now outdated remnants of a different America. That the country evolved beyond the conditions that made federal oversight necessary in the first place. But both history and the present tell a far more troubli…

The Voting Rights Act didn’t fail–the country abandoned its moral commitment to it

By: Anneshia Hardy There is a dangerous narrative taking shape in this country right now, one suggesting that the Voting Rights Act simply outlived its usefulness. That the protections once necessary during the Civil Rights era are now outdated remnants of a different America. That the country evolved beyond the conditions that made federal oversight necessary in the first place. Anneshia Hardy is a cultural narrative strategist, researcher and …

COMMENTARY: The Voting Rights Act Didn’t Fail — the Country Abandoned its Moral Commitment to it – The Windy City Word

By Anneshia Hardy | The AFRO There is a dangerous narrative taking shape in this country right now, one suggesting that the Voting Rights Act simply outlived its usefulness. That the protections once necessary during the Civil Rights era are now outdated remnants of a different America. That the country evolved beyond the conditions that made federal oversight necessary in the first place. But both history and the present tell a far more troubli…