Give Us the Ballot

Give Us the Ballot
Author :
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 385
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374711498
ISBN-13 : 0374711496
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Give Us the Ballot by : Ari Berman

Download or read book Give Us the Ballot written by Ari Berman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2015 An NPR Best Book of 2015 Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. Give Us the Ballot tells this story for the first time. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights, from 1965 to the present day. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, fifty years later, we are still fighting heated battles over race, representation, and political power, with lawmakers devising new strategies to keep minorities out of the voting booth and with the Supreme Court declaring a key part of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Berman brings the struggle over voting rights to life through meticulous archival research, in-depth interviews with major figures in the debate, and incisive on-the-ground reporting. In vivid prose, he takes the reader from the demonstrations of the civil rights era to the halls of Congress to the chambers of the Supreme Court. At this important moment in history, Give Us the Ballot provides new insight into one of the most vital political and civil rights issues of our time.


Give Us the Ballot Related Books

Give Us the Ballot
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Ari Berman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-04 - Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2015 A Boston Globe
The Ballot Box Battle
Language: en
Pages: 42
Authors: Emily Arnold McCully
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-26 - Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Illustrated in full color. Just in time for the presidential election comes Caldecott medalist Emily Arnold McCully's stirring tale of a young girl's act of bra
From the Bullet to the Ballot
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Jakobi Williams
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-28 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this comprehensive history of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP), Chicago native Jakobi Williams demonstrates that the city's Black Powe
Oregon Blue Book
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State
Categories: Oregon
Type: BOOK - Published: 1895 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Brave New Ballot
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Aviel D. Rubin
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Publisher description