Done Quote by Mangosuthu Buthelezi

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local…

— Edward Brooke

“And I know there are plenty of other "colored" things I could do besides telling my stories or going to Shirley Boon's meetings- the…

— Kathryn Stockett

Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious…

— Patrisse Cullors

I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country,…

— Eddie Bernice Johnson

It's not true that voting doesn't make a difference. To check out is political suicide. This is especially true for our young black artists.…

— Darryl Pinckney

Racial hysteria has been a part of many winning campaigns in our country. But it's rarely the only part.

— Jamelle Bouie

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have…

— Jesse Jackson

There's a long history of saying certain people shouldn't be voting. And, unfortunately, the people who are often left out of these conversations are…

— Marc Lamont Hill

Trust me, Black folks are tired of always having to save this country from itself and then being ignored once the winner of their…

— Jonathan Capehart

Too many people have lost their lives, particularly in the African-American community, for the right to vote. I stand in their shadows and I…

— Jaime Harrison

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

— Bernie Sanders

If whites would vote their economic interests, not their racial fears, we the people who have the most need for change have the power…

— Jesse Jackson