You don't want them to understand why the 14th Amendment mattered then and it matters today. You. You don't want them to understand that when they draw these racist lines and tell black folk that they shouldn't have representation in this country that it is against the Constitution. You want them to be ignorant so that they can sit up here and be expired. (05:22–05:33)
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Asserts that denying representation to Black people is unconstitutional.
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