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To Be Black is to Always Pay the Empire's Poll Tax

A prose piece on the persistence of voter suppression and the Black vote that keeps showing up in spite of it. TNS Black History Month 2022 coverage inspired by The Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Donney Rose
Feb 04, 2022
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No voting qualification ... shall be imposed ... to deny ... the right of any citizen ... to vote ... on account of race or color. — excerpt from The Voting Rights Act of 1965


The empire will tell you that there is no barrier to your participation…That it is your inalienable right as a citizen to participate in the democratic process…Will go through all …

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