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Power and Pride to the People! - Los Angeles Sentinel


Power and Pride to the People!
By Ben Jealous
 
Ben Jealous (Courtesy photo)
June has become the traditional month for Pride celebrations in honor of the gay and transgender people, including Black and brown gay liberation and transgender rights activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who fought back against harassment and abusive policing in June 1969. These protests became known as the Stonewall riots. They energized the LGBTQ rights movement and gave momentum to the demands for full equality for LGBTQ Americans.
 
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Over the years, voices of clarity and conscience moved the civil and human rights movement to fully embrace the cause of LGBTQ equality. My mentor, the late civil rights champion Julian Bond, was clear that fighting for equality means fighting for equality for everyone. He knew that Bayard Rustin, the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was a gay Black man who changed history. ....

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Ben Jealous Talks with CMD About History of Racist Poll Watching


May 20, 2021 - 9:02am
The Center for Media and Democracy spoke with People For the American Way President Ben Jealous about poll watching s racist history and current resurgence for this story.
Here are Jealous full answers to CMD s questions.
Could you comment generally on the effect of poll watching on voters of color historically?
Poll watching as a general premise is not a bad idea, but the reality is that poll watching orchestrated by the Right has translated to voter intimidation of Black voters throughout the decades. Poll watchers deployed to scare away voters of color have often been armed and violent, dating back to the 19th century. So there s no question that harassment and intimidation in the guise of poll watching has suppressed the Black vote for many years. ....

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