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Roundup

8-10-05

Voting Rights Act (2hr 18min)

Dr. Dorothy Height from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Dr. Joseph Lowery from SCLC, and others participate in a symposium on the Voting Rights Act in Washington DC.

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