Each week of Black History Month, we’ll be sharing some key resources, articles, organizations, and leaders in law as part of our Wednesday Wisdom Blog series. This week, our Wednesday Wisdom is focused on the ongoing fight for voting rights in the United States. Check out the resources and content on the topic below!
Key Changemaker: Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams is a politician, lawyer, author, and voting rights activist. She founded Fair Fight Action, a national voting rights organization, which coordinates collective efforts to expose, mitigate, and reverse voter suppression, and make elections across the U.S. more equitable. Abrams previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives, and in 2018 she became the Democratic nominee for the Georgia gubernatorial election. Abrams was the first Black woman to be the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States. After witnessing the mismanagement of the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia, she founded Fair Fight Action to promote fair elections, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about their voting rights. Read more about Stacey Abrams on the Fair Fight Action website here.
Article Spotlight: For Black Voters, a Flashback to the 1890s
Check out this recent opinion piece, written by Charles Blow and published in The New York Times, which discusses the current state of voting rights in the U.S. and draws important historic parallels.
Organization to Support: Fair Fight Action
This Black History Month, consider supporting Fair Fight Action, a nonprofit on the ground doing the work daily to advance voting rights across the United States.
From the Fair Fight Action website:
We promote fair elections around the country, encourage voter participation in elections, and educate voters about elections and their voting rights. Fair Fight Action brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in other voter education programs and communications. […] Fair Fight Action was founded to organize collective efforts to expose, mitigate, and reverse voter suppression.
Learn more about Fair Fight Action from their website or show your support with a donation now.
