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Article: Jackson: Extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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- Miami Times
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- July 19, 2005
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Miami Times
07-19-2005
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., came to New York Monday to announce a two
year campaign to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
President Bush has shown no interest in extending key provisions of the
act, which was extended in 1982 by President Reagan, Jackson told a press
conference in The Interchurch Center hosted by the National Council of
Churches USA.
Jackson announced a "Keep the Vote Alive Pro-Democracy March and Rally" in
Atlanta on August 6 to kick off a two-year campaign to extend Sections II
and V of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed by President Johnson on
August 6, 1965.
Jackson quoted his son, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), who attended a
meeting of ...