The Men Who Hated This Law Wore White Robes. The Folks Dismantling It Wear Black Ones.

If you love big-time, epic democracy, you’ll dig this. This legislation was 100 years in the making, and I probably couldn’t have voted in North Carolina without it. Follow the law’s journey from Lincoln to Obama, and find out the preposterous reason why you may not see it for much longer.

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