African american Quote by John Lewis

Early voting is a vital component of the electoral landscape in Ohio.

— Nina Turner

The numbers in Ohio as well as the rest of the nation make it clear that the African-American communities have been targeted and logic…

— Mark Crutcher

Despite allegations by liberal advocacy groups that voter suppression tactics by the right hindered minority voting, blacks represented 13 percent of the electorate in…

— Elizabeth Flock

Black Fergusonians have shown that they will vote when they have something to vote for and know that their vote will count. Seventy-six percent…

— Rick Perlstein

Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote.

— Carol Moseley Braun

The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent. Hispanics cast…

— Dick Morris

There have been efforts in recent years and as recently as this past election with it being a deliberate and systematic attempt to suppress…

— John Lewis

We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated.

— Bernie Sanders

“Within five years, the effects of the civil rights revolution were undeniable. Between 1964 and 1969, the percentage of African American adults registered to…

— Michelle Alexander

In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could attempt to…

— John Lewis

We have to do what they did in Alabama, which is a data-centric campaign that identifies black voters that haven't voted in a while…

— Mike Espy

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

— Andrew Sullivan