Lester & Charlie Present

A Brief History of Voting

voting rights now

History 101:

This week in 1957, Republican President Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, designed to give all citizens the right to vote.

Today’s Republicans deny it.

And the protest signs from that era remain the same.

While you're here, check out Lester & Charlie's new book.
While you’re here, check out Lester & Charlie’s new book.

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