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African-americans. african-americans are not blindly loyal to the democratic party. we support the democratic party because the democratic party has a progressive agenda. but talking about the 1965 voting rights act, that law was enacted, first of all, because of the literacy test. and once we got rid of the literacy test, and african-americans began to register to vote in large numbers. but because of racially polarized voting, african-american candidates had difficulty getting elected. the vote rights act was enforced, and because of that, we now have minority districts and now african-ameri...

Alabama. we were beaten and arrested in jail but we helped bring an end to egg -- to segregation and public transportation. i came back here again in june of 1963, with the big stick as the new chairman of the student non-violent coordinating committee. we met with president kennedy, who said the fires of frustration were burning throughout america. in 1963, we could not register to vote simply because of the color of our skin. we had to pay a pro tax, pass a literacy test and count the number of jelly beans in a jar. hundreds of thousands of people were arrested and jailed throughout the sout...

Jailed, but we helped bring an end to segregation in public transportation. i came back here again in june of 1963 with the big six as the new chairman of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. we met with president kennedy. in 1963, we could not register to vote simply because of the color of our skin. we had to pay a poll tax, pass a so-called literacy test, and count the number of jelly baean in a jar. hundreds of thousands of people were arrested in the south for trying to participate in the democratic process. medgar evers had been killed in mississippi, and that's why we

Carolina, which now requires a government-issued id to vote, cuts early voting by a week, eliminates same-day registration, and kills the state-wide voter registration drive. texas, virginia, florida, and pennsylvania have all passed similar strict voter i.d. laws, some of which are tangled up in the court system, but if they prevail could indirectly disenfranchise minority voters. this is what paul had to say about voter id when he spoke at howard university, a historically black college back in april of this year. >> i think if you liken using a driver's license to literacy test, you demean ...

But if you go to vote, i'm going to give seven difference cancellation of things that have no evidence that it leads to fraud. i mean, what are they doing other than attempting to suppress the vote? >> you know, reverend al, voting is the real fundamental to participation in our situation. when i look at mrs. eaton and i see what she's been through, the literacy test she had to go through. she remembers really when it was difficult. now she's having to relive the same thing at 92. it really is unfair. i'm glad the justice department has stepped in. now it's time for the congress to do our part...