How The Black Church Is Working To Thwart Voter Suppression Efforts In The Black Community

The Black Church has -- has historically been the strength of the African-American community. At the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, they continued to provide spiritual and social leadership. Today, our voting rights are under attack again. The African-American Ministers Leadership Council has launched a nationwide 2012 get-out-the-vote program designed to get around Republican attacks on our right to vote.

Minister Leslie Watson Malachi, Director of African-American Religious Affairs with People for the American Way; Rev. Dr. Gregory King, pastor of Williams Temple CME Church in Philadelphia; and Rev. Dr. Gerald Thomas, pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Plainfield, New Jersey joined Roland Martin on Washington Watch to discuss their plans to thwart efforts to suppress the African-American vote in 2012.