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Interview: Wade Henderson and Larry Gonzalez discuss the Voting Rights Act
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NPR Special
07-25-2005
Interview: Wade Henderson and Larry Gonzalez discuss the Voting Rights Act
Host: ED GORDON
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
ED GORDON, host:
From NPR News, this is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Ed Gordon.
Tomorrow, civil rights groups from across the country will gather in Washington, DC, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Several provisions of that landmark act are set to expire two years from now. While ...
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