For more than a century, Jim Crow laws kept Black people from voting, a constitutional right awarded in 1870. In the 2024 presidential election, history has begun to repeat itself, say community leaders.
“People don’t understand that history can go backwards,” Cliff Albright, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter, tells Inside Edition Digital. This election year presents a dire situation for Black voters, as white Christian nationalism permeates “every aspect” of life and an ever-growing series of state laws enact voting restrictions that disproportionately affect Democrats, the preferred party of Black voters, Albright says.