As you continue your journey into retirement, you hear news that the voting rights act was passed and continues to go well. The historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed minorities to be able to vote with no discrimination against them. It allowed brail ballots for the blind, the erasure of literacy tests to vote, as well as providing polls that are easier to access for people in marginalized communities. Along with these changes, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 stated that southern states must submit their voting procedures and numbers to the Attorney General to ensure that they comply with the Act. Only the southern states needed to submit their procedures and numbers due to their history of discrimination and their stance during the Civil War, as many people in the south still could not look past the outcome of the Civil War. This Act continued to work up until 2013, although there is nothing that you could do as you had retired from government work. In 2013 the fourth and fifth section of the voting right’s act were revoked. These two sections covered how the southern states were to submit their procedures and numbers during election years. The case that challenged the attorney general on the fourth and fifth section was called Shelby County vs. Holder. While you are looking at this plaque thinking about how different life might be without the Voting Rights Act, an individual handing out pamphlets approaches you. She asks if you would like to join them to protest the Shelby County vs. Holder Case. What do you say?