Suppression in disguise: What we can learn from 1960s Fayette County, Tennessee

By Nathaniel C. Ball, Guest Columnist Published: November 13, 2018 5:01 PM CT

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Nathaniel C. Ball

Nathaniel C. Ball is the media and programs coordinator at the Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis.

“Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in Shelby County v. Holder, a landmark decision that overturned a key provision of the 1965 Civil Rights Act and ended the enforcement of federal oversight of voting practices in states that have historically disenfranchised minority voters.

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Suppression in disguise: What we can learn from 1960s Fayette County, Tennessee

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