When it Comes to the Protection of Voting Rights, Moral Apathy is Winning the Fight ⋆ The Toledo Journal

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When it Comes to the Protection of Voting Rights, Moral Apathy is Winning the Fight ⋆ The Toledo Journal

By David W. Marshall (TriceEdneyWire.com) - When speaking before an audience in 1963, James Baldwin could not have stated it any better by saying, “I’m terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country”. His words expresses the feelings and emotions many of us of all races have […]

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