Voting Rights Act Essential To U.S. Democracy, Says NAACP Attorney
Kristin Clarke, attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, says that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act “remains a symbolic fixture” for greater political equality in the United States. (0:23)
June 22, 2009
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