Apr 26, 2018
The battle over voting rights has been one of the most contentious
issues in American politics over the past five decades. The country
has celebrated a number of advancements and achievements, only for
some of them to be overturned later. It’s an issue that continues
to resurface, as it’s at the heart of the American democratic
process. Joining today’s episode to discuss voting rights is former
civil rights attorney Gloria J. Browne-Marshall. She’s an associate
professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal
Justice at the City University of New York. Browne-Marshall
litigated cases for Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama,
Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, and the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund, Inc. She’s the author of many articles and several
books including “Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present,”
which includes a chapter on voting rights and race. Her forthcoming
book is “Black Women and the Law: Salem Witch Trials to Civil
Rights Activists.” An award-winning playwright of seven produced
plays, her most recent work, “Diversity,” examines marriage
choices.