{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Data Points: The History and Impact of Voting","description":"*Content warning: murder, bigotry, racism, violence, slavery, assault, wrongful imprisonment.\n\nSources:\n\n13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is Passed. (n.d.). National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/13th-amendment-us-constitution-passed\nBrennan Center for Justice, Wilder, W., & Baum, S. (2022, January 31). 5 Egregious Voter Suppression Laws from 2021. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/5-egregious-voter-suppression-laws-2021\n\nBrennan Center for Justice. (n.d.) The Myth of Voter Fraud. https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud?fbclid=IwAR36AFdgauzcPZF3YxMPVzQQ636b9vVMuCwGZrkDK2YQNDy5oX6xASEBzgI\nBritish Broadcasting Corporation. (n.d.). Suffragettes in prison. In BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqkbbqt#zjkbbqt\n\nThe Center for Public Integrity, & Starshak, H. (2022, October 6). It’s easy to vote in Washington, D.C., but it still doesn’t count. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/who-counts/its-easy-to-vote-in-washington-d-c-but-it-still-doesnt-count/\n\nCivil rights protesters beaten in ‘Bloody Sunday’ attack. (2020, March 4). History.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-civil-rights-protesters-beaten-selma\n\nCodrington, W., III. (2019, November 17). The Electoral College’s Racist Origins. The Atlantic. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/electoral-colleges-racist-origins\nDuignan, B. (n.d.). Voter suppression. In Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/voter-suppression\nFederal Bureau of Investigations. (n.d.). Mississippi Burning. FBI.gov. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/mississippi-burning\n\nThe Fight for the Right to Vote. (2024). 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In National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act#:~:text=The%20Voting%20Rights%20Act%20had,African%20Americans%20registered%20to%20vote.\n\nNational Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). Electoral College History. In National Archives and Records Administration. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/history\n\nPew Research. (n.d.). Voter Turnout 2018-2022. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/07/12/voter-turnout-2018-2022/\nPromote the Vote California: Getting Involved. (n.d.). California Secretary of State. https://www.sos.ca.gov/promote-vote-ca/getting-involved\n\nSmithsonian Institute. (2015). When Did the Vice Presidency Stop Going to the 2nd Place Winner and More Questions From Our Readers. In Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/when-did-vice-presidency-stop-going-to-second-place-ask-smithsonian-180957199/\nUniversity of North Texas Libraries. (2024). A Brief History of Voting in America. In UNT Libraries. https://guides.library.unt.edu/voting/history-of-voting-America\nWhat is the Victims of Crime Act? (2024, April 30). Everytown. https://www.everytown.org/what-is-the-victims-of-crime-act/\nWhen Women Lost the Vote. (n.d.). In The Museum of the History of the American Revolution. https://www.amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibits/when-women-lost-the-vote-a-revolutionary-story/pages/how-did-the-vote-expand-new-jersey-s-revolutionary-decade\nThe White House Historical Association, & Shogan, C. (2021, April 8). “We Shall Overcome”: Lyndon Johnson and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The White House Historical Association. https://www.whitehousehistory.org/we-shall-overcome-lbj-voting-rights\nArchive Audio Sources:\n(Democracy Now!) Rare Video Footage of Historic Alabama 1965 Civil Rights Marches MLKs Famous Montgomery Speech: https://youtu.be/CBm48Scju9E?si=SjGjlUrxHhVfBoBB\n\n(The Washington Post) Remembering Rep. John Lewis, in his own words: https://youtu.be/5ayewOtuixI?si=qZvqoS8R6nr97KdH\n\n(AAPB) Rep. John Lewis on Bloody Sunday in a 1985 Eyes on the Prize interview:  https://www.facebook.com/gbh/videos/rep-john-lewis-on-bloody-sunday-in-a-1985-eyes-on-the-prize-interview-via-aapb/1123272501840163/\n(JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE) John Lewis: Good Trouble - Bloody Sunday Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHJ6JlERxY\n\nResources:\nhttps://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote\nhttps://www.socialworkers.org/Advocacy/Social-Justice/Increasing-Voter-Participation\nhttps://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1348556/dl?inline\n\nhttps://www.rockthevote.org/\nhttps://votolatino.org/\n\nhttps://www.nonprofitvote.org/\nhttps://nvrtf.org/\n\nFor a list of related free and confidential resources, please visit: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources\n (http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources)\nFBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3): https://www.ic3.gov/\n\nFollow Something Was Wrong:\n\nWebsite: somethingwaswrong.com (http://somethingwaswrong.com/)\n\nIG: http://instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast\nTikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast\n (http://tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast)\n\nFollow Tiffany Reese:\n\nWebsite: tiffanyreese.me\n (http://tiffanyreese.me/)\nIG: instagram.com/lookieboo\n (http://instagram.com/lookieboo)\nbusiness@tiffanyreese.me (mailto:business@tiffanyreese.me)\n\nThe SWW theme Song is U Think U, by Glad Rags. 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