Reading this article felt like deja vu. Another story of how white people basically just suck and their attempts at keeping black people’s voices and political opinions quiet. But this story is different to all the others. Hayter’s point that Richmond is significant because African Americans in the city organized a black electorate prior to the VRA stood out. It was really cool to read that, even with all the odds against them, African Americans in Richmond found a way to organize and a system to elect their preferred candidates. Richmond’s African Americans had help though, with Burger Court and John Mitchell’s Department of Justice allying with them which was really cool to hear.

I think it can apply to what is happening on campus. I think the BSC is similar to Richmond’s initial group that started before the VRA in that they are having the way for so much change to happen on this campus. It is really inspiring to see how it once worked out, with the VRA, so it is possible for real change to happen here again. So hopefully it goes as they say, history repeats itself.