“Intimidation is real. If we don’t continue to vote, they’re going to have us right back where it used to be.”-- Olivia Coley-Pearson, a city commissioner in Douglas, GA, and long-time voting rights activist. The Pro Publica article this is quoted in traces the long history of right- wingers to suppress the black vote, and how heroes like Coley-Pearson have persisted. A lot of us (white people) take voting for granted. It's always good to have your perspective sharpened by the travails of the Coley-Pearsons of the nation. Good read.
