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All In: The Fight for Democracy

We gave him the power

We gave him the power

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We gave him the power.
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00:44:29
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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.
All of us working together - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
All of us working together
ABRAMS: Lyndon Johnson understood that, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:12
ABRAMS: Lyndon Johnson understood that,
But more importantly, he understood that if - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:09
But more importantly, he understood that if
I’m the product of the Voting Rights Act. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
I’m the product of the Voting Rights Act.
(congregation murmuring in agreement) - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:10
(congregation murmuring in agreement)
Because when you stood up and went across that bridge, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:08
Because when you stood up and went across that bridge,
It may have looked like feet marching across the bridge, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
It may have looked like feet marching across the bridge,
BERMAN: Days after the Voting Rights Act was passed, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:14
BERMAN: Days after the Voting Rights Act was passed,
ANDERSON: By 1967, two years after the Voting Rights Act, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:12
ANDERSON: By 1967, two years after the Voting Rights Act,
ABRAMS: September of 2018, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
ABRAMS: September of 2018,
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.