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See the National Black Political Agenda for Self-determination  The struggle for the right of black people in the U.S. to participate in the electoral arena is one that is ongoing. In the 60s, all throughout this country, black people were engaged in a fierce movement to gain equal rights under U.S. law, one of the most important rights being the right to vote. It was a struggle that threatened violence and death on black people, especially those within the deep south, and by the time we had achieved the ability to vote, the U.S. government assassinated our leaders and destroyed our black power movement, leaving us nothing to vote for. The U.S. government wouldn’t stop there. Over the decades, the government…