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African Americans in New York and New Jersey who have sought assistance from FEMA to help them recover from Hurricane Sandy. More
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Political Participation | Voter Protection
Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder
In 2006, just days after President Bush signed into law the bill reauthorizing core provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a small water district in Austin, Texas filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C....More
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Landmark: Smith v. Allwright
In Smith v. Allwright, Thurgood Marshall rose in front of the United States Supreme Court to argue that Texas’s Democratic primary system allowed whites to structurally dominate the politics of the one-party South....More
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