Podcast topics:
 Introduction: Essential question, right to vote, Mandela first black president
of South Africa, Obama election
Essential question:
How influential and political historical figures impacted future events across
the world in terms of politics and voting?
Right to vote:
1. MLK and civil rights movement motivated by Mahatma Gandhi from
1947
2. Define what we mean as the right to vote
3. Talk about recent election blocking in majority democrat counties in
2020
4. Malcolm X against voting and government (Nation of Islam)
Black women voting 1965 amendment:
1. How all races of women could vote in 1920 but women of color
were discriminated when trying to vote in certain states.
2. 1965 when the amendment was rewritten so that women of color
could vote without discrimination but still could not access voting
due to certain state laws.
Nelson Mandela:
1. Mandela joint-leading the movement to end the apartheid of
South Africa.
2. Winning the 1994 election of South Africa becoming the first black
president of South Africa.
3. 1994 election being the first multiracial parliamentary election in
South African history.
4. ANC could have been influenced and motivated by MLK and the
civil rights movement
5. June 12 ,1964, life sentence to prison for wanting to overthrow
the state, 1982 moved prisons, 1988 moved to house arrest and
then February 11, 1990, De Klerk ordered the release of Mandela
as a political prisoner.
Obama Elections:
1. 2008 election and rise in popularity among voters who are people
of color
2. Demographics of Obama voters (Age, income level, social status)
3. Post presidency speeches on elections and events