Freedom Ain’t Nothin’ But A Word 7 9
In 1962, after 25 years of trying to register, Mississippi
civil rights activist Winson Hudson finally got to vote
after she had written out and then explained a lengthy
section of the state’s constitution. “The more they did
to us, the meaner we got.”
Just as racism has become more subtle since then, so
have the means of seeking to minimise the black vote
in the US. Occaisionally the mask slips. In July, John
Pappageorge, Michigan’s Republican state legislator,
told a Republican meeting, “If we do not suppress the
Americans were the most likely to have their voter
registration forms turned down. In Georgia’s Atkinson
county, 78% of the registered hispanic voters were
summoned to the county courthouse on Thursday
to defend their right to vote after allegations that they
were not US citizens. The Board of Registrars there
dismissed the complaint. “The challenges ... are legally
insufficient because they are based solely on race,”
said the county attorney, Russ Gillis. “Those of you
who are here because you were challenged, go to the
polls Tuesday and vote.”
10 years ago the US se