Pig Laws and Black Codes: Why Voting Matters (and Why Those Who Suppress it Are Losing)

If you’ve ever doubted the power of voting, all you need to do is take a look at the history of and struggle for suffrage — the right to vote — in this country, because the power of voting can be measured by the efforts to suppress, limit, and restrict it. Voting rights have been hard-won for most segments of the population, especially the millions of black men and women who endured the horrors of slavery. Today -- a little history and lots of resources for voting and making sure others can do the