People gave up their lives in this country for the right to vote

[Peacetrain]

http://www.splcenter.org/civil-rights-memorial/civil-rights-martyrs

"On the Civil Rights Memorial are inscribed the names of individuals who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom during the modern Civil Rights Movement - 1954 to 1968. The martyrs include activists who were targeted for death because of their civil rights work; random victims of vigilantes determined to halt the movement; and individuals who, in the sacrifice of their own lives, brought new awareness to the struggle."

[1StrongBlackMan]

1. But those that gave up their lives ...

did so over issues that those attempting to suppress the vote, on the right, opposed; and on the left, have little interest in.

Just saying ...