Weeds Time Machine: The Voting Rights Act

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🗓️ 17 January 2023

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Summary

Buckle up for another trip in the Weeds Time Machine! Today, we are going back in time to 1965 to talk about one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in American history: the Voting Rights Act. Once again, its fate is in the hands of the Supreme Court. Professor Atiba R. Ellis walks us through the legislative and judicial history of this landmark policy. References: Atiba Ellis Brief amici curiae of Boston University Center for Antiracist Research & Professor Atiba R. Ellis Atiba Ellis: Using Memes to Break Out of Voter Fraud Talk The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the U.S. Electorate | Pew Research Center Voting Rights Act (1965) | National Archives Host: Jonquilyn Hill Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds.
0:10.8	I'm John Hulan Hill and this isn't just another episode of The Weeds.
0:16.2	It's the episode where I can officially share that I'm taking over as full-time host of
0:21.3	the show.
0:22.3	I'm really excited to sit in the host seat and take a deep look into the policies that
0:26.1	shape the world we live in.
0:28.0	These wonky conversations are fun and interesting and they're also about our daily lives and
0:34.2	we're here to bring you the clarity and context you need to navigate that reality.
0:38.9	On our first official dive together, we're taking a trip in the Weeds time machine to
0:43.2	the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
0:47.0	It feels critical right now for a lot of reasons.
0:50.6	We just wrapped up Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and of course Voting Rights was one of the
0:55.2	issues he devoted his life to.
0:57.7	In this summer, the Supreme Court rule in several cases that could completely transform
1:02.7	Voting Rights in America.
1:04.9	But I also wanted to dive into this legislation for personal reasons.
1:09.7	It's a policy I've had my eye on in some form or another since I was a little girl.
1:14.7	And because of that, there's someone I wanted to talk to in order to prepare us for this
1:18.6	trip in the time machine.
1:20.5	Hello.
1:21.5	Oh, hi, Mama.
1:22.5	Hi, how are you?
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