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Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, author of The Voting Rights  War, examines laws posing challenges to American  voters -- especially African-Americans -- from enslavement and woman\\u2019s  suffrage through current controversies of voter suppression, including:

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• Grandfather clauses
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• Literacy tests
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• Felony disenfranchisement
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• Photo identification requirements
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She also looks ahead to challenges that future voters are likely to face, especially after the tumultuous 2020 election. The session is moderated by Josephine McNeil Esq, Social Justice Advocate.

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is the author of many books including She  Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power; Race, Law, and American  Society: 1607 to Present. She is a Professor of Constitutional Law at  John Jay College (CUNY). Prior to academia, Browne-Marshall litigated  cases for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Community Legal Services and  the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. She is the recipient of many awards  including the Pulitzer Center grant, Wiley College Woman of Excellence  Award and Frederick Lewis Allen Fellowship. She is a playwright with  seven produced plays; the most recent one being Dreams of Emmett Till.

This program is presented in partnership with Historic Newton, is  cosponsored by the League of Women Voters/Newton and is funded in part  by Mass Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the  Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations  expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the  National Endowment for the Humanities.