Voting Rights Act events today
"All Things Considered" had two stories on the Voting Rights Act today: At a recent forum in Montgomery, Ala., many civil rights activists of the 1960s remembered the events leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, including the bloody march on Selma, Ala. -- NPR : Activists Recall Drive for Voting Rights
More than 10,000 people march through Atlanta, calling on Congress to reauthorize the 1965 Voting Rights Act. As Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Radio notes, portions of the law expire in 2007. -- Atlanta Marchers Want Voting Rights Act Renewed
And Scott Simon interviewed Andrew Young for Weekend Edition Saturday: Andrew Young helped draft the Voting Rights Act while he was an executive assistant to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. He went on to become a member of Congress, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and the mayor of Atlanta.
Young talks with Scott Simon about the fight to protect the right to vote for minorities and the current state of democracy in America. -- Andrew Young and the Voting Rights Act of 1965