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Blog series about the American history of felony disenfranchisement and its impact on Black people.

First Black Senators and Representatives in the United States

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 1: History up until the 1900s

300 Years Earlier: How Does the Legacy of Prisons and Policing Impact Black People’s Vote?

Black marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge holding a banner that says "From the back of the bus ot the front of the prison, the struggle continues."

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 2: The Present

The Fight to Free the Vote is Still Not Over

Parchman Prison labor done by people who are incarcerated in 1911.

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 3: Voting and Incarceration

Connecting Voting to Incarceration is Dangerous and Racist

Protest with a Black person in the center with their fist raised. The signs say "no more drug war" and "Black Lives Matter" and "resist".

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 4: Voting is a Human Right

The Vote Cannot Be Chained Down

Free the Vote. Nicole Hanson Mundell, Monica Cooper, Earl Young, and Qiana Johnson are standing together behind posters from the Civil Rights Movement calling for voting rights now. The poster has a pink and brown theme.

“Free the Vote” Documentary Blog Series Part 5: The Voices Leading the Fight

People Who Were Imprisoned Are Leading the Fight to Free the Vote