As the world waits to see if Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, will be the next U.S. president, some voters are paying homage to history with the hashtag #IVotedBecause.
The hashtag became a worldwide trending topic early Tuesday (Nov. 8), coupling a bi-partisan platform with a quick journey through black voting rights.
While America has yet to expunge its reputation of racial oppression, which includes ongoing examples of voter suppression (despite the Voting Rights Act of 1965), #IVotedBecause offers a sobering reminder of a not-so-distant past.
Read some of the tweets below.
#iVotedBecause pic.twitter.com/GUf7g66vtv
— Ant-Man (@tony_tr3) November 8, 2016
#ivotedbecause 107 yr old Ms Donella Wilson has never missed an election. “I’m happy that I lived this long to see that we could be voting” pic.twitter.com/q4rQtHbwZi
— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) November 8, 2016
Our ancestors. #ivotedbecause #ElectionFinalThoughts #govote pic.twitter.com/3wdD6Je8pS
— Malak Kader (@YourFav_Malak) November 8, 2016
#Ivotedbecause Fannie Lou Hamer and Ella Baker put their lives on the line for voting rights pic.twitter.com/Gb57vbYWqc
— melanie (@melanienewport) November 8, 2016
I have no real interest in politics, either…I vote out of pure RESPECT to them. #ivotedbecause
— Keri Hilson (@KeriHilson) November 8, 2016
#ivotedbecause “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -MLK Jr. #govote !!!
— Chelsea Stone (@chelsrstone) November 8, 2016