Did You Know? - The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment (1978–1985)
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In this episode of Voices of Life, narrator‑led storytelling guides listeners through one of the most overlooked constitutional moments in American history — the rise and fall of the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, the last amendment ever sent to the states before the modern debates over the Equal Rights Amendment.
Proposed in 1978, the amendment sought to give the residents of Washington, D.C. nearly all the rights and privileges enjoyed by the states for purposes of federal…
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