Rallying to Restore the Voting Rights Act
September 16, 2015
The APWU joined the NAACP, Democracy Initiative, and other labor and activist groups in Upper Senate Park on Sept. 16 for a rally to restore the Voting Rights Act.
In 2013, the Supreme Court gutted key components of the 1965 Act and, by doing so, eliminated the safeguards that prevent states with a history of voter discrimination from enacting harmful election laws.
The rally was the culmination of the NAACP’s “America’s Journey for Justice” – a 860-mile march from Selma, AL, to Washington, DC, that began on Aug. 1.