The Vanishing Black Caucus

Are you going to be able to see my legs?”

“Interview 1, Take 1. Marker.”

“First time I voted. Wow.”

“My first vote was when the voting age was 21.

I was a part of the effort to lower the voting age to 18.”

“Growing up in Selma, the fight for voting rights is

You can’t grow up in the shadow of the civil rights

movement and not understand the importance of the right

“It was just a prideful thing to actually walk into a voting

polls for the first time and actually vote as an adult.”

“This is my first term in Congress,

so I’ve been here since January of ‘25.”

“I’ve been in Congress 33 years.”

“I am in my third term.”

“I’m running for my 11th term.”

“I’m very, very concerned that we’ll go back to the days

where there’s limited

representation of African Americans

“It’d have a devastating impact.”

“Our voices will be diluted if not eliminated.”

It’s counterproductive.

“If they come for me today, they’ll come for you

The Vanishing Black........

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