Episode
113
Ballot Blocked
January 24, 2018
In 1965, the passage of the Voting Rights Act helped secure equal access to the ballot, and it has enjoyed bipartisan support ever since. Right? Professor Rhodes shows how, over the years, politicians who publicly supported this law worked behind the scenes to dismantle it.
For more on this topic
- Read Rhodes’ book, Ballot Blocked
- Check out his opinion piece in The Washington Post
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