S4E4: The Peril of a Black Party on the Ballot

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How will the first election with an all-Black party end? It’s Election Day, 1966, and the Voting Rights Act is being put to the test. The Lowndes County Freedom Organization’s candidates have canvassed, campaigned and called on Black voters to show up to the polls for the Black Panther - at no small danger to themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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