Reverend William Barber II on the 3rd Reconstruction

Watch Reverend William Barber II talk about the Third Reconstruction.

The Third Reconstruction

Each time there has been a demographic shift in America that threatens the existing balance of power, new election laws have appeared to try to insulate the electorate from the emerging population.

The most obvious demographic shift threatening the balance of power was emancipation. With it came the right to vote for African American men, which was decisive in Southern states where former slaves far outnumbered whites.

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