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Yes, my life matters. My health matters, but our right to vote matters more. It personifies taking action. I always say, 'What are you going to do about it? It is what drives me and inspires me.

So I have begun this hunger strike, I should say this, in solidarity - let me repeat, in solidarity - with all those who are calling on Congress and the President of the United States to protect our voting rights. Since the Supreme Court decision, Shelby [County] v. Holder where they watered down the Voting Rights Act of , here's what has happened. State Houses across the country have passed [myriad] laws that have made it more difficult for people to vote. And I am here to say, at some point we've got to change these moments into movements.

And the difference between a moment and a movement is sacrifice, and although this is a moral as well as political cause for me, it is a component of a much larger movement.

Joe Madison is a leading figure in American talk radio. Host of Joe Madison The Black Eagle on SiriusXM Urban View, Channel , he is a longtime talk show personality and civil rights activist, known for staging brazen protests and acts of civil disobedience that have led to several arrests. Formerly national political director of the NAACP, he has long been active in the top circles of African-American leadership and activism. The new season premieres Tuesday, January 4, at p.

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