Telling a story of a voice unheard is necessary to defend the evils of division; the artist shines a light on history repeating itself. While portraying victory and confidence during a time of uncertainty.

The long road for African Americans to secure full voting rights reflects the entrenched depth of institutional racism in America. Though the 15th Amendment technically granted Black male suffrage in 1870, Jim Crow laws like poll taxes, literacy tests, and violent white intimidation kept African Americans disenfranchised for almost a century more. Women endured even longer barriers before activism won ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, yet black female voters continued facing discriminatory blocks. Grassroots mobilization and bloody sacrifice paving the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally prohibited these unjust state laws and federal oversight enabled ballots at last. But African Americans today still confront voter suppression efforts threatening hard-won civic participation. From criminalization to gerrymandering tactics, voting remains an embattled right continually necessitating vigilance to protect access to democracy’s quintessential lever for change.