Do Now Do you think the African American community still faces challenges when it comes to voting today? Explain your answer.

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Do Now Do you think the African American community still faces challenges when it comes to voting today? Explain your answer.

March on Selma Packet Check in After completing the packet: Why do you think they chose a march as their tactic? Why do you think they chose the route from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama as the place for this march? Why was it important to have so many local people involved in the march? How did the march change once Martin Luther King Jr. participated in the actual march? Why do you think this? Make pile of packets at tables

Modern Version of Issue Voting Rights Modern Version of Issue

Voting Rights Act of 1965 Signed by LBJ Goal: overcome legal barriers at state/local levels preventing African Americans from voting Enforces 14th and 15th Amendment No state can change voting laws with out federal approval

Gerrymandering Party in power redraws voting districts to give one party an advantage over another party Impacts election of representatives in House of Representatives Southern Republicans gerrymander Democrats out of influence 1992-2016 87% of Black voters identify Democratic 7% of Black voters identify Republican Black voters lose influence

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Gerrymandering Video The Difference Between Racial and Partisan Gerrymandering

Voter ID Laws June 2013 – Supreme Court struck down part of Voting Rights Act – states could now change voting laws w/out fed. approval Require voters to show some sort of personal ID at polls to vote 2018: 33 states enact voter ID laws Strictness is up to each state 18 states require photo identification Controversial Supporters claim it prevents voter fraud There has been limited evidence Opponents claim it targets ethnic, socio-economic groups

Current Voter ID Law Map https://ballotpedia.org/Voter_identification_laws_ by_state

What tactics would make the most sense today? Why? How are voting rights still an issue to African Americans today? How has it changed? What tactics would make the most sense today? Why? Boycott Contact representatives Marches Social media campaigns Violence Non-violent resistance Court Appeals (legal) Create organizations focused on this issue Coalition building – creating alliances between different groups who are similarly affected Who should be involved?

Article https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/ voter-id-laws-supreme-court-north-carolina.html Summarize the article in your notes Start with main idea, use power verbs Questions to answer in your notes after the summary: Do you think this issue in North Carolina is a civil rights issue? Explain your response. What can you tell me about the reliability of this source? Is this article too partisan or biased? (Partisan – supporting a particular political party)