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Guest Commentator

Ryan Paul Haygood, JD

BC Guest Commentator Ryan P. Haygood, JD is a nationally respected civil rights lawyer and President and CEO of New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

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Guest Commentary

Malcolm’s Contribution to Black Voting Rights

By Ryan Paul Haygood, JD Guest Commentator

He did not live to see the many fruits of his tireless labor, including the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, perhaps the greatest piece of civil rights legislation in history.

When he took his place behind the podium at Brown Chapel AME Church and began his address to young civil rights activists in Selma, Alabama, Malcolm…

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