On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing the political legacy of Juneteenth.
On the very first Juneteenth celebration, held on June 19, 1866 in Galveston, Texas, Black leaders shared information about their community's newly acquired voting rights.
We'll find out how this legacy inspires today's activists and how they are fighting GOP attacks on voting rights. We'll also discuss the fight for racial justice four years after George Floyd was murdered.
Guests:
Wanda Mosley, deputy policy director for Black Voters Matter Fund
Antonio Ingram II, assistant counsel at the Legal Defense Fund
Annie Pearl Avery, activist and organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Charles McLaurin, activist and organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Resources:
The Hill: Black advocates to use Juneteenth to demand political change
Democracy Docket: Louisiana Governor Signs Two More Voter Suppression Laws
AP: Black Americans’ significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says
The Marshall Project: How Mississippi’s Jim Crow Laws Still Haunt Black Voters Today
Vox: The Supreme Court's new voting rights decision is a love letter to gerrymandering
