#thurgood-marshall

#thurgood-marshall

Last week, my heart sank as I listened to the Supreme Court's oral arguments over yet another attempt to gut what's left of the Voting Rights Act. It was a law designed to protect the electoral power of Black Americans against the forces of white supremacy masquerading as states' rights. As the conservative justices twisted themselves into rhetorical knots to justify dismantling this cornerstone of democracy, I couldn't help but think that the late civil rights icon and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall warned us this day would come by unintentionally prophesizing, "Liberty cannot bloom amid hate."