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(applause) GERALD FORD:
The bill that I will sign today extends the temporary
provisions of the act for seven more years
and broadens the provisions to bar discrimination against
Spanish-speaking Americans, American Indians,
Alaskan Natives -and Asian Americans.
-(applause) ABRAMS:
The Voting Rights Act began with the former
Confederate states, but this was a law
that understood that discrimination
could crop up anywhere
The bill that I will sign today extends the temporary
provisions of the act for seven more years
and broadens the provisions to bar discrimination against
Spanish-speaking Americans, American Indians,
Alaskan Natives -and Asian Americans.
-(applause) ABRAMS:
The Voting Rights Act began with the former
Confederate states, but this was a law
that understood that discrimination
could crop up anywhere
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(applause)
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GERALD FORD:
The bill that I will sign today
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extends the temporary
provisions of the act
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for seven more years
and broadens the provisions
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to bar discrimination against
Spanish-speaking Americans,
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American Indians,
Alaskan Natives
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-and Asian Americans.
-(applause)
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ABRAMS:
The Voting Rights Act began
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with the former
Confederate states,
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but this was a law
that understood
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that discrimination
could crop up anywhere.
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Movie Summary
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.
