And then you had the 15th Amendment, which said that the right to vote should not be impeded because of race and color. And that did not work for most black Americans for another hundred years. It took until 1965 with the Voting Rights Act [for the 15th Amendment to be effective for most Black Americans]. And so Doug would love for you to just take a few minutes and talk about what's happened to the Voting Rights act since 1965 that got us to this moment. (02:18–02:22)
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