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-3 posts tagged "Voting Rights Act"
Alexandra Muck | Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Bree Newsome, an activist, filmmaker and musician, delivered a lecture on her work fighting racism Tuesday night in an event sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Programs and Services. The lecture also served as the keynote address for Walk the Walk Week. Newsome opened her remarks with a discussion of consciousness, which she defined
Jenna Wilson | Tuesday, March 1, 2016
The Center for Civil and Human Rights sponsored the panel discussion “The Right to Vote: Shaping an American Electorate” on Monday afternoon. Moderated by David Campbell, chair of the department of political science, the discussion centered on the accessibility of the ballot in current American culture, as well as the shaping of the electorate in
Jordan Ryan | Thursday, August 27, 2015
An extremely fine line exists between proper federal authority and an imposition upon states’ Constitutional rights, especially when it comes to voting laws. While voter ID and absentee voting laws dominate the media, these are all propelled by one piece of legislation — one that was recently changed: the Voting Rights Act. The effects of