Forty years after Mississippi Freedom Summer, poll taxes, literacy tests and Jim Crow laws are history—but not the electoral system that disenfranchised many voters. To change that, organizers of a new generation of Freedom Schools are spearheading a massive voter registration campaign and mobilizing youth activists across the country. “In the original Freedom Schools, it was mostly young people organizing to… return to article
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Reader Comments (4)Page 1 of 1 pagesThis was an amazing, well thought out article. This amazing writer has so much to say. And knows how to get right to the point. Good job! Two thumbs up!
Posted by keeley on Aug 6, 2004 at 4:05 AM Civils rights have long since been granted to all in this country, and in fact super civil rights have even been granted (think affimitive action). Race is now used mostly as a means of dividing the electorate - rather successfully i might add.
It is time to move on to avocating personal responsibility for all. The opportunities are available, but require work and effort. Perhaps a real leader in the black community has arisen and will lead them to the promised land (Bill Cosby). Of course, the way to success is not through making the requirements less and less, but rather though individual hard work.
Posted by ken on Aug 6, 2004 at 3:27 PM I just took several minutes of my time to write somethiong clever about my not getting my issue of your magizine,and when I previewed it,it disappeared—into cyber space—the great clever email void.
Now that; plus the fact that I haven`t received the magizine after almost three weeks;plus the fact that Bush will steal it again no matter how many people we get to register to vote;plus even if Kerry wins our troops,the Iraqis and the Palestinians will keep getting screwed and killed,and that pisses me off.
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