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Black Alabamians Fear Their Voices Won't Be Heard in the Midterms as They Vote in Contested Districts

Por: Time Politics October 11, 2022

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LaTasha Hyatt has worked to turn out Black Alabama voters for seven years. The program director at the Carver Museum in Dothan, Alabama, Hyatt organizes voter engagement efforts, works on voter education, and canvasses every election to get out the vote. She says she’s often asked the same question by Black voters: What’s the point? “When you go out canvassing, you come into contact with a lot of disgruntled African Americans,” Hyatt... + full article



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