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This Week in People’s History, Aug. 7–13

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Lyrics to the first verse of Next Stop, Vietnam Next Stop, Vietnam (1964), 80 Years Late, the Mutiny that Never Was (1944), ‘A Lonely Island of Poverty’ (1964), Warplanes Aren’t Cheap (1939), Destruction and Devastation (1779), Little Rock’s Slo-Mo Crisis (1959), A Powerful Union Is Born (1919)

Appeals Court Further Narrows Voting Rights Act’s Scope

Michael Wines and J. David Goodman The New York Times
The ruling this week that narrows the scope of the Voting Rights Act applies directly only in the three states covered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, but it has national implications.
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