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Lies your teacher told you about democracy and voting rights Lift Every Voice, Bad Apple Back Stories
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Voter suppression is as American as apple Pie. If you were not a land owning white male in the thirteen colonies the so called founding fathers never intended for you to vote. While there were 2.2 million persons in the colonies when George Washington was elected President only approximately 6% were allowed to vote. So the questions is If you are an eligible voter when did you become eligible and why? What changed?
In this series we will explore the U.S voting rights history and time line.
Voter suppression is as American as apple Pie. If you were not a land owning white male in the thirteen colonies the so called founding fathers never intended for you to vote. While there were 2.2 million persons in the colonies when George Washington was elected President only approximately 6% were allowed to vote. So the questions is If you are an eligible voter when did you become eligible and why? What changed?
In this series we will explore the U.S voting rights history and time line.
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