The Voting Rights Act, Democracy and the Franchise 22feb@2:30-4pm

• Presented by the Bethel Dukes Branch of ASALH
• at the
• Woodridge Branch DC Public Library
• 1801 Hamlin Street, NE Washington
  Washington, DC 20018

Learn about the history of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the systematic dismantling of this legislation since 2013.

Professor ER Shipp will detail the need for attendees to move from apathy and indifference to an informed understanding of the erosion of democratic practices on the local, state, and regional levels of government. The ballot box, a hard-fought win, needs to be safeguarded.