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Opinion: A shocking betrayal of Black Americans

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By Mara Gay Verified
| The Salt Lake Tribune Verified
Montgomery, Ala. • Outside the blindingly white antebellum columns of the Alabama Capitol on a recent Saturday, Martese Chism stood in the Southern heat with thousands of others, rallying for voting rights. It was a show of defiance amid a sweeping attack on Black political power. To get there, Chism, 65, left Mississippi before dawn; drove to Memphis, Tennessee; and rode a bus five hours to Montgomery, Alabama, with her 8-year-old great-nephew Carson in tow.
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A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans

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By Mara Gay Verified
| Reader Supported News
Outside the blindingly white antebellum columns of the Alabama State Capitol on a recent Saturday, Martese Chism stood in the Southern heat with thousands of others, rallying for voting rights. It was a show of defiance amid a sweeping attack on Black political power. To get there, Ms. Chism, 65, left Mississippi before dawn, drove to Memphis and rode a bus five hours to Montgomery with her 8-year-old great-nephew Carson in tow.
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A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans

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By Mara Gay Verified
| Breaking One
(Editorial Observer) MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Outside the blindingly white antebellum columns of the Alabama Capitol on a recent Saturday, Martese Chism stood in the Southern heat with thousands of others, rallying for voting rights. It was a show of defiance amid a sweeping attack on Black political power. To get there, Chism, 65, left Mississippi before dawn; drove to Memphis, Tennessee; and rode a bus five hours to Montgomery, Alabama, with her 8-year-old great-nephew Carson in tow.
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