SEIU’s Henry: We Can Honor 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act by Protecting Right to Vote

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015.  SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement today, the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act:

“I am proud to celebrate the anniversary of the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act—an historic and hard-won victory of the Civil Rights Movement that protects the rights and voices of all Americans at the ballot box. Many courageous Americans gave their lives for the right to vote…