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Les Francis details the involvement of National Education Association and other labor organizations in the Youth Franchise Coalition, and describes how the 18-year-old vote impacted (or didn't impact) future elections.
Ralph Neas, former Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and former Chief Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke, weighs in on his experiences with the 1975 Voting Rights Act extension and the parallels it had with the youth vote Voting Rights Act effort, particularly with a focus on the civil rights community. Neas also outlines the path of civil rights from his time in the Senate onward, and the current situation in regards to voting rights in 2021.