Black, Latino, Asian and Native Americans flock to polls amid deadly, difficult year for brown and Black people

Black Voters Matter hosted a get-out-the-vote event in Philadelphia

In a year that has seen marginalized Americans disproportionally grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic,  a historic civil rights movement against systemic racism and a recession that has wiped out economic gains for Black, Latino, Asian and Native American families, many people of color exercised their hard-fought right to vote on Election Day. In interviews conducted around the nation, one sentiment prevailed regardless of political persuasion: A fierce determination to be heard.

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