Letters from an American

The Need to Defend the Vote

August 29, 2026·12 min·4-min readnarrativenews
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This episode of 'Letters from an American' reflects on the 1963 March on Washington not just as a moment of soaring rhetoric, but as a demand for economic and racial justice, drawing a direct line to the 2026 March on Washington, where activists defend voting rights against modern-day vot

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Reverend Dr Martin Luther KingJohn LewisA. Philip RandolphBayard RustinPresident Lyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonChristy NoemMark MorialHeather Cox Richardson

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Civil Rights HistoryHistorical FiguresImmigrationLong Form JournalismRacial JusticeSupreme CourtUs Politics

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