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Atlanta (CNN)The fight for voting rights intensified this week with a Black woman lawmaker being arrested while protesting, Texas House Democrats fleeing the state to block Republicans from passing voter restrictions, and Black civil rights leaders blasting President Joe Biden for falling short of their demand to discuss ending the filibuster in his speech.
On Friday, 20 Black women organizers met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss their concerns about the nationwide assault on voting rights and the urgent need for support from the White House. The leaders of several Black civil rights groups met with Biden last week about the same issues.
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Congressman Lewis saw the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and now a bill bearing his name is being considered to bring strength back to the original one. I believe he would say that the new voting restrictions we're seeing are very similar to those which existed during the Civil Rights Movement, and after the nullification of preclearence from the Voting Rights Act.