Designed to Disenfranchise: 5 Black Activists Who Rebuilt the Ballot

Voting rights is not just history.

It is a design problem. In this episode of BLK by Design, we break down 5 Black voting rights activists whose strategies shaped access to the ballot: Fannie Lou Hamer, John Lewis, Ella Baker, Septima Poinsette Clark, and Amelia Boynton Robinson.

Then we connect their blueprint to 2026, where voter suppression continues through ID laws, roll purges, gerrymandering, polling place closures, and disinformation.

So what can you do?: Check your registration, know your state rules, help someone vote, volunteer, and challenge disinformation.

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