Stacey Abrams: “The Voting Rights Act, this central pillar of black…”

“And one of the ways I think your book is so prescient is that we are in a moment when The Voting Rights Act, this central pillar of black political participation, has now been gutted, hollowed out, decimated. You can pick your term of art at a moment where Jesse Jackson's dream of this pluralistic society is also within reach.” (1:02:27–1:02:37)

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