Jacob Ray writes that the Civil Rights Movement and Voting Rights Act ended voter suppression in the forms of lynchings, bombings, cross burnings, “bubbles in a bar of soap” tests, literacy tests and “good character” tests, but other forms of suppression survived the federal laws and continue to thrive.Â
Jacob Ray
Jacob Ray, a Mississippi native and current Mountain Brook, Ala., resident, is a former Special Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Jim Hood. Jacob is a campaign consultant and currently serves as Executive Director of Vote Alabama Association. Vote Alabama is a 501(c)(4) dedicated to combating voter suppression and protecting the voting rights of disenfranchised Alabama voters in the 2020 election cycle.
