Please join Advancement Project and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law for an author reading and panel discussion celebrating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, featuring The Nation’s Ari Berman and the country’s top voting rights experts.
The event will feature a reading by Ari Berman, contributing writer for The Nation magazine and author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, chronicling what happened after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the continued struggle to guarantee equal access to the ballot box. A panel discussion, featuring voting rights experts, will follow on the impact of the Voting Rights Act and current eff orts to weaken the right to vote.
Space is limited. Please RSVP here. For questions please contact Eduardo Zerbe: ezerbe@lawyerscommittee.org.
