Barack Quote by Rick Perlstein

If the black vote does not come out in big numbers in the age of Ferguson and voter ID, it will empower our adversaries…

— Al Sharpton

“In a post-Ferguson world, young black activists were eager to work outside the system. “I voted for Barack Obama twice,” Tef Poe said that…

— Wesley Lowery

Every Missourian should be confident in the legitimacy of their vote and take pride in the strength and security of our elections here in…

— Mike Parson

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of…

— 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

Millions of people are unable to vote due to felony convictions with the highest rates among black men. People in prison are denied the…

— Michelle Alexander

“Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were during Jim Crow. Less…

— Michelle Alexander

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

“Felon disenfranchisement laws have been more effective in eliminating black voters in the age of mass incarceration than they were under Jim Crow…These figures…

— Michelle Alexander

I have come to see more and more that one of the most decisive steps that the Negro can take is that little walk…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The more I ponder some of the boneheaded decisions GOP candidates have made of late, I can't bring myself to believe that they are…

— J. C. Watts

If you're going to get elected to anything in Mississippi, you have to pay attention to and court the black vote.

— Mike Espy