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Lesson Plan August 22 2025

Lesson plan: The Constitution and voter suppression

In this lesson, students take a historic "literacy test" to understand voter suppression
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Daily News Lesson December 06 2023

How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape

Learn about challenges to a landmark voting law that may weaken voter protections
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Daily News Lesson October 31 2023

How new congressional maps in Georgia and North Carolina will impact 2024 election

How new congressional maps in Georgia and North Carolina will impact 2024 election
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Daily News Lesson September 07 2023

Court rejects Alabama’s congressional map again for diluting power of Black voters

Learn why Alabama keeps ignoring court demands to redraw Congressional districts
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Daily Video March 09 2015

How have voting rights changed in the past 50 years?

The 50th anniversary of the marches for voting rights in Selma, Alabama, brought a new focus to the relationship between race and voting today.

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