Cory Booker: “Southern states effectively stopped black people from having…”

“This Supreme Court, whatever you want to say, the legal rationale which I disagree with, but the actual result is to send us back to an era in the post reconstruction period where Southern states effectively stopped black people from having a voice in this democracy [during the post-reconstruction period]. representation in this democracy. This doesn't just hurt the African American community. I am here right now because people from all backgrounds joined hands, sacrificed and struggled to advance our democracy.” (07:12–07:19)

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