Moyers & Company. The Long Assault on Voting Rights
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In this edition of Moyers & Company, acclaimed historian Gary May - a specialist in American political, diplomatic, and social history - joins Bill to put the recent Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act into historical perspective, noting it's just one moment in a long, ongoing struggle to ensure voting rights for every American. May is the author of five books, including Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy.
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32 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
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