On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters.

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1. Fast Forward 57 years to 2012 and a black man Clarence Thomas, sold out those very same voting ....

... rights that George Lee, Medgar Evers, MLK, and so many more had died, been beaten, jailed,
marched, and worked for to Leonard Leo.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217884772

In December 2012, the Judicial Education Project submitted an amicus brief in Shelby County v. Holder, a case challenging a landmark civil rights law aimed at protecting minority voters. The court struck down a formula in the Voting Rights Act that determined which states had to obtain federal clearance before changing their voting rules and procedures. Clarence Thomas was part of the 5-to-4 majority.

Thomas issued a concurring opinion in the case, arguing that the preclearance requirement itself is unconstitutional. Thomas’s opinion, which was consistent with a previous opinion he wrote, favored the outcome the Judicial Education Project and several other conservative organizations had advocated in their amicus briefs. He did not cite the Judicial Education Project brief.