Voting Rights are under attack. Let's protect and SAVE them!
DEMOCRACY IS ON THE BALLOT
VOTER SUPPRESSION TACTICS CONTINUE ACROSS AMERICA TODAY.
Make no mistake, Voting Rights in America are in peril as new and old voter suppression tactics are being put into place in many States by way of election subversion, gerrymandering, voter and poll worker intimidation. It is vital for Americans of all backgrounds to make sure that the right to vote is strengthened and maintained as we continue to fight for our rights now and in the future.
Let's remember that while enduring segregation, denial of equal access, and basic human dignity, African Americans were confronted with systematic denial of their right to vote by the use of poll taxes, literacy tests and various forms of obstruction and intimidation in the Jim Crow south. We will NOT go back to that era.
"The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others." - Martin Luther King Jr.
If you want to know EXACTLY what Donald Trump and his team will do if elected in 2024, read the Project 2025 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION PROJECT "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise" document from The Heritage Foundation. Most importantly, get ready to Vote. This is a race between Democracy and Autocracy!
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The story "Liars Don't Qualify" is included in these books
Short stories by African American writers
These anthologies feature many prominent authors who wrote about war, reconstruction, segregation, the civil rights era and the Black experience in America.
Listen to "Liars Don't Qualify" in the videos below!
Video of Councilor Sean M. Rose, City of Worcester reading "Liars Don't Qualify" by Junius Edwards (1929–2008)
In 1958, Junius Edwards won first prize in the Writer’s Digest Short Story contest for his story “Liars Don’t Qualify,” and the following year he received the Eugene F. Saxton Fellowship for creative writing. Much of his writing focused on racial problems in the American South, and the challenges of Voting rights and registering to Vote. "Liars Don't Qualify" is a story that focuses on this topic,
"Liars Don't Qualify" is also used as a lesson to teach young people about voting rights.
Read the story "Liars Don't Qualify" from "What So Proudly We Hail" online eCurriculum. This story about the struggle to register to vote is also included in the collection "THE MEANING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY" online here
Don’t Know Much About History A teacher tells this story from school
Audio Recording of "Liars Don't Qualify" read by 9th and 10th grade English teacher Tawny Beaulieu.
This story has been used as an example and source to teach young and old about the importance of registering to Vote, and participating in the voting process.
Securing the Right to Vote: The protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Students are encouraged to learn more about the history of Civil Rights and Voting Rights, using these lessons online
Even today, there are those who are using voter suppression tactics, intimidation and gerrymandering to influence election results in the United States of America.
The story "Liars Don't Qualify" evolved into the Novel "If We Must Die" (1963) - by Junius Edwards - Published by Doubleday & Howard University Press
- See more works at JuniusEdwards.com