As Black History Month begins, there remains key issues that African Americans want to see happen.
The former would expand mail-in, early voting, and automatic voter registration, while the latter would restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
And, following the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Tennessee police officers, African Americans have continued to voice outrage over the failure of lawmakers to pass the George Floyd Justice in Police Act. While the bill has twice passed the House, the measure has stalled in the Senate despite a Democrat majority there.
The legislation would end qualified immunity, which many believe would greatly curtail the type of police behavior that led to the deaths of Nichols, Floyd, and so many other African Americans.
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