First off, I think it is really interesting and cool that one of our own professors wrote this article. Being able to learn from someone who is so involved and knowledgeable about the history of the city we have all chosen to come to is a priceless opportunity. I think Dr. Hayter’s article about the history of the city council and voting in Richmond provides details that would be hard to put together otherwise. Dr. Hayter pulls everything from Supreme Court cases to local election results to population densities to exemplify and explain his argument. I found his exploration of Holt’s influence on voting in Richmond and political equality to be very demonstrative of just how much has been done to try and change the political landscape of Richmond City and how there is still so much to be done. Particularly, I found the section on Holt’s lawsuit against the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fifteenth Amendment to be spot on of what Hayter was trying to explain. Reading that Holt was saying how the annexation of Chesterfield County diluted the voting strength of Blacks in Richmond City was what made me understand what the annexation of Chesterfield County truly meant. Connecting this to the podcast, I really enjoyed the way that history was portrayed in this article. Though I am very aware that recorded history is very Eurocentric, I find that it is still difficult to challenge what has been so consistently taught even though it is likely very narrow-minded and white washed. I found this article to be a very factual report of the history of voting and political equality in the city of Richmond. I appreciated the explanations of all of the lawsuits and feel that this helps me to better understand what has actually happened. I would be really interested to look more now at what the political landscape of Richmond city is district by district and how it has changed over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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