One key issue still deserves more of the spotlight as we head into the 2020 election: Voter suppression. Here's how AlfreWoodard, AliciaGarza, Michael K. Williams (BKBMG), and more are fighting and highlighting this vital issue.
that celebrates the resilience of communities whose vote has been historically under attack.
“One of the biggest obstacles to voting access for marginalized communities is the re-entrenchment of rules that keep us from participating in the decisions that shape our lives,” Black Lives Matter cofounder Alicia Garza, one of the participants in the campaign, tells, people who don’t want us to participate are reinstating poll taxes, ID requirements, and other barriers to make it harder for us to have a say.
Alfre Woodard, Michael K. Williams, Danielle Brooks, Aja Naomi King, Estelle, and Debbie Allen are just a few of the additional people using their star power to highlight this vital yet all-too-often overlooked issue. “I knew if we were trying to reach the public, I wanted to capture people in their most simple, natural way,” says Wagner of the portraits, adding, "I didn’t want to sell a celebrity-packed campaign with glossy images.
Ashley Allison, executive vice president of campaigns and programs at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, linked the And Still, I Vote campaign to America’s deeply entrenched history of racist voting-eligibility determinations, saying, “Our country has a sad history of poll taxes, guessing how many jelly beans are in a jar, and literacy tests to prevent people from voting. Today we see long lines, voter ID laws, and purges.
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