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In 1965, thousands of civil rights activists mobilized to protest against literacy tests, poll taxes and other discriminatory practices that had prevented African Americans from voting. This summer in Montgomery, Alabama a number of these activists gathered to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and to remember the struggle that was required to make the country protect this most basic right for all Americans. In a special collaboration with Court TV, Justice Talking was there to capture this retelling of an important chapter of our history. Also on the program, we’ll hear a debate over the upcoming reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act.
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Alex Keyssar is Matthew W. Stirling, Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. An historian by training, he has specialized in the excavation of issues that have contemporary policy implications. His most recent book is "The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States." Keyssar’s current research interests include election reform, the history of democracies, and the history of poverty.
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Abigail Thernstrom is Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York, a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, and the vice-chair of the US Commission on Civil Rights. Thernstrom is co-author of "No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning", which was published in October 2003. In 1987 she wrote "Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights."
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Andrew Young is an ordained minister, international businessman, human rights activist, published author and former public servant. He was a Georgia Congressman for three terms and, in 1977, President Jimmy Carter named him Ambassador to the United Nations. He also served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. He is a spokesman for Why Tuesday?
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