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All In: The Fight for Democracy

September of 2018, I went home to visitmy grandmother

ABRAMS:
September of 2018, I went home to visit
my grandmother

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ABRAMS: September of 2018,
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I went home to visit my grandmother.
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00:46:46
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May 27, 2025
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The documentary takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression; barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
And Grandma had a recliner that sat right next to her bed. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
And Grandma had a recliner that sat right next to her bed.
When you go to visit my grandma, you sat down - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
When you go to visit my grandma, you sat down
And so, I sat on the bedside waiting for her attention, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:08
And so, I sat on the bedside waiting for her attention,
And unprompted, my grandmother reached for my hand, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
And unprompted, my grandmother reached for my hand,
It was three years after - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
It was three years after
But it was the first time for most African Americans - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
But it was the first time for most African Americans
And this was during a time - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
And this was during a time
And so then he yelled out, "Bill, it’s time to go." - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
And so then he yelled out, "Bill, it’s time to go."...
So he came back to find out why she hadn’t responded. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
So he came back to find out why she hadn’t responded.
And she was frozen. She was afraid to go. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
And she was frozen. She was afraid to go.
I remember her squeezing my hand - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:15
I remember her squeezing my hand
(clamoring) - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:11
(clamoring)
She didn’t believe that the power of democracy - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
She didn’t believe that the power of democracy
And my grandfather told her that she had to get up, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:12
And my grandfather told her that she had to get up,
And she said she was still terrified, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
And she said she was still terrified,
She was ashamed that she didn’t want to reach for this power. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
She was ashamed that she didn’t want to reach for this power...
She got up, she finished getting dressed, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
She got up, she finished getting dressed,
And as squeezed my hand, she said, "But, Stacey, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
And as squeezed my hand, she said, "But, Stacey,
PAUL B. JOHNSON JR.: Mississippi and the other - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:10
PAUL B. JOHNSON JR.: Mississippi and the other
The Voting Rights Act of 1965. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
The Voting Rights Act of 1965.