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Gina Hinojosa: “The Voting Rights Act stands behind Latinos in South Texas.”

Featuring: Gina Hinojosa, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 49

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Gina Hinojosa on the 61st Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Full Speech

Published | Video Starts at 04:57

The Voting Rights act stands behind the students at Prairie View, A and M students who have Gone to court again and again, decade after decade, insisting that democracy has room for them. The Voting Rights act gives them the power to keep insisting The Voting Rights Act stands behind Latinos in South Texas. When their power grew at the ballot box, the state redrew maps to take it. They sued and the US Supreme Court decided they were right. (04:57–05:02)

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Asserts that the Voting Rights Act supports Latino voting rights in South Texas.

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