Commentary: Voting Rights Act irony




Jack Lessenberry from Michigan Radio show

Summary: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="">You know by now that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act yesterday. But what you may not know is this: That act was passed by Congress back in 1965 because a white woman from Detroit gave her life in the struggle for civil rights.</span><span style=""></span></p>