Amy Goodman
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50 Years After Freedom Summer, U.S. Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction
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7:05Now PlayingIn a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when AfricanAmerican voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeat a tea party challenger to win his party's nomination. It was just a year ago that Cochran praised a Supreme Court decision that gutted the heart of the Voting Rights Act. We are joined by three guestsJerry Mitchell, investigative reporter for The ClarionLedger in Jackson, Mississippi, whose work helped put four Klansmen behind bars, including the man who orchestrated the Klan's 1964 killings of three civil rights activists; Ari Berman, who covers voting rights for The Nation and author of forthcoming book to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act; and David Goodman, brother of slain civil rights activist Andrew Goodman.
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