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Their Right to Vote was won on the backs of vigilant, courageous and suffering citizens of these United States of America, black and white. Their Right to Vote, so long denied, is still a challenge for people of color. This performance, told in three stories, highlights suppression techniques to Their Right to Vote. But also focuses on strategies for overcoming the long fought legal battles guaranteed by the founding fathers in our Constitution. Their Right to Vote is timely, relevant in today's turbulent and divisive nation.
The performance starts with background information of the times. The narration is followed by three stories. Each story will feature two persons who interact with each other in three distinct time periods: the past, the present, and the future. The first story, titled, White Collar - Blue Uniform reflects the past struggle to overcome the suppression tactics used to prohibit women and African-Americans from voting in the 19th century. The presenter will feature the perspectives of the working class and Their Right to Vote issues that challenges the powerful 20th century upper class. Music excerpts connect the time periods.
The second story titled, No Excuses, Their Right to Vote is portrayed using an imaginary present day interchange between a young white elections worker and an elderly black disabled woman. Expect to chuckle at their cross-cultural exchange. The third story titled, STAY WOKE, focuses on the future of the changing attitudes towards Their Right to Vote for millennial African Americans professionals in today's volatile national and international political climate. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Some background information will prepare you for the performance. From 1900 to 1965, known as the Jim Crow Era, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South, especially in the Deep South. White male landowners, in power, used many methods to keep African Americans, women and poor white males from voting. These methods included: violence, literacy tests, property taxes, grandfather causes, voting roll purges, former prisoner status, and poll taxes.
Through demonstrations, marches and eventually legislation, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was passed by Congress, an act that enforced Their Right to Vote of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (1870).
But that's not the end of the story. In 2013, the Supreme Court crippled one of the most effective protections for Their Right to Vote by rendering ineffective the requirement that certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination get pre-approval for voting changes. The bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015 took a major step in repairing much of the damage done by the Court, and provides modern, flexible protections to combat voter discrimination, wherever it might arise in the country. This is Sandra Quick and three stories on Their Right to Vote: Stories of Struggle and Resilience.
The performance starts with background information of the times. The narration is followed by three stories. Each story will feature two persons who interact with each other in three distinct time periods: the past, the present, and the future. The first story, titled, White Collar - Blue Uniform reflects the past struggle to overcome the suppression tactics used to prohibit women and African-Americans from voting in the 19th century. The presenter will feature the perspectives of the working class and Their Right to Vote issues that challenges the powerful 20th century upper class. Music excerpts connect the time periods.
The second story titled, No Excuses, Their Right to Vote is portrayed using an imaginary present day interchange between a young white elections worker and an elderly black disabled woman. Expect to chuckle at their cross-cultural exchange. The third story titled, STAY WOKE, focuses on the future of the changing attitudes towards Their Right to Vote for millennial African Americans professionals in today's volatile national and international political climate. ______________________________________________________________________________________
Some background information will prepare you for the performance. From 1900 to 1965, known as the Jim Crow Era, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South, especially in the Deep South. White male landowners, in power, used many methods to keep African Americans, women and poor white males from voting. These methods included: violence, literacy tests, property taxes, grandfather causes, voting roll purges, former prisoner status, and poll taxes.
Through demonstrations, marches and eventually legislation, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was passed by Congress, an act that enforced Their Right to Vote of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (1870).
But that's not the end of the story. In 2013, the Supreme Court crippled one of the most effective protections for Their Right to Vote by rendering ineffective the requirement that certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination get pre-approval for voting changes. The bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2015 took a major step in repairing much of the damage done by the Court, and provides modern, flexible protections to combat voter discrimination, wherever it might arise in the country. This is Sandra Quick and three stories on Their Right to Vote: Stories of Struggle and Resilience.
February 27, 2018