49. We Won't Black Down: Why Black Voters Matter

Host Kimberlé Crenshaw is joined by Cliff Albright, cofounder of Black Voters Matter. Together, Crenshaw and Albright discuss voter suppression, gerrymandering and intimidation tactics -- and the ways they intersect to suppress the voices of Black communities today, and throughout history. They reminisce about their recent cross-country tour, bearing witness to erasure of history at stops along the way -- like the fact that there is not so much as a plaque at the site of a Black newspaper that was burned to the ground during the Wilmington coup in 1898. Listen as Crenshaw and Albright unpack how these moments, when they're erased, separate Black history from American history, and how the struggle for democracy and the struggle against racial suppression are one and the same.

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This episode features:

Cliff Albright, Cofounder, Black Voters Matter

Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)

Produced and edited by Nicole Edwards

Mixed by Sean Dunnam

Support provided by Kevin Minofu, Rebecca Scheckman, Alex van Biema, Nadia Ncube

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

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