How These Charts Were Built

Data Sources:

  • Voter registration totals from official state election offices
  • Voting-age population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s CVAP tabulation

Methodology: Registration rates were calculated by dividing total registered voters by the estimated voting-age population for each county. Where racial breakdowns were available, Black registration rates were compared directly to Black voting-age population. Averages were derived across selected counties to illustrate structural exclusion and civic potential.

Civil Rights & Social Justice Hub

Civil Rights & Social Justice Hub

This section of Black Politics explores the long struggle for civil rights and the continuing fight for social justice. From Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and into today’s debates on systemic racism, mass incarceration, and voting rights, this hub connects history with contemporary advocacy.

Here you’ll find resources, archival content, and fresh perspectives on key issues such as police reform, equal protection, LGBTQ+ rights, disability justice, and grassroots activism.

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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