Black history Quote by Junius Williams

The Voting Rights Act was a seminal victory for our country and a great healing moment. But there are some who want to continue…

— John Cornyn

The first thing that has to happen is the protection of voting rights and registration.

— Jesse Jackson

They talked about how it was our rights as human beings to register and vote. I never knew we could vote before. Nobody ever…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

“The 1965 Voting Rights Act greatly extended federal power in the United States. A frankly regional measure, it took aim at Deep South states…

— James T. Patterson

We need to make sure everyone is registered to vote. That's one way to really make a change.

— Breanna Stewart

The first time when I was organizing, I went out and started knocking on doors to see if people were registered to vote. I…

— Dolores Huerta

People were threatened, folks was put in jail just because we wanted people to try to register to vote.

— Unita Blackwell

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

Did you know that we are the only people in the United States who have to have their voting rights okayed every couple of…

— Whoopi Goldberg

People must understand that people were beaten, arrested, jailed, and some people were murdered, while attempting to register to vote, or to get others…

— John Lewis

We need to protect voting rights.

— Josh Shapiro

I started out as a 16 year old registering people to vote.

— Anonymous