Voting rights anniversary spotlights America’s enduring anti-Black contempt

By: Roger Chesley

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 1,084

Last Updated: 4 days, 14 hours ago

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Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary last week, lamenting the neutering of a law that had propelled African Americans – especially in the South – into choosing their own leaders without fear of violence, murder or lesser polling place obstacles.

Activists didn’t call it a “funeral.” Yet no one underplayed the latest reversal of progress for Blacks, Latinos and other people …

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