And it's a fact that there is a violent, exclusionary, discriminatory, sexist and racist part of American history where our indigenous populations were forcibly displaced from their land. Where thousands of black people were unjustly lynched. Where Black people were denied the right to vote and they still trying to do it today. Where women needed their husband's permission to open a bank account. Where people with disabilities were routinely excluded from schools, workplaces and public life. (00:31–00:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that black people were historically denied the right to vote and that efforts to suppress their voting rights continue today.
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