BY: KEN COLEMAN – JUNE 14, 2022 8:56 AM
bout three dozen activists from the Defend Black Voters Coalition rallied on Detroit’s riverfront on Monday to criticize what they described as voter suppression efforts backed by corporate entities, while General Motors’ Board of Directors met in the nearby Renaissance Center.
It was the second public demonstration in the last two weeks for a coalition of social action organizations that have come together to fight for African-American voting rights. Activists argue that major Michigan corporations back GOP lawmakers who back voting restriction legislation as well as the “voter suppression effort called the Secure MI Vote initiative.”