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The Atlantic: The ‘Slave Power’ Behind Florida’s Felon Disenfranchisement

The Atlantic: The ‘Slave Power’ Behind Florida’s Felon Disenfranchisement

This history—the ardent and persistent embrace by Southern racists of the criminal justice system as a means of racial domination—gives me a somewhat jaundiced view of state laws barring convicted felons from voting. They are a heritage of the old slave-power mindset, and have no business marring politics in a 21st century democracy. By and large, as my grandmother used to say, “they make me tired.”
The Right to Vote Is Never Safe

The Right to Vote Is Never Safe

“The Voting Rights Act allowed the federal government to work to close the gap between theoretical rights and real participation for black Southerners. . .