| Title: |
DEMOCRACY'S HEROES. |
| Authors: |
FORD, MATT |
| Source: |
New Republic. Dec2021, Vol. 252 Issue 12, p22-29. 8p. 1 Black and White Photograph. |
| Subject Terms: |
*SUFFRAGE, *AFRICAN American women executives, *VOTERS, *VOTING laws, VOTING Rights Act of 1965 (U.S.) |
| Geographic Terms: |
UNITED States |
| People: |
BENSON, Jocelyn, FISCHER, Trey Martinez |
| Abstract: |
The article profiles several people who promote voting rights in the U.S. in 2021. It mentions the passion of Michigan secretary of state Jocelyn Benson to enforce the Voting Rights Act. Kadida Kenner, executive director of the New Pennsylvania Project, aims to expand the electorate in Pennsylvania. Also noted is the participation of Democratic Texas representative Trey Martinez Fischer in organizing legislators to leave Texas in order to block the new voting restrictions. |
| Database: |
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