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 (496 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
Reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act's Temporary Provisions
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights
Categories: Election law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Kevin J. Coleman
Categories: Election law
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-02 - Publisher: CreateSpace

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit chal
The Voting Rights Act, Ten Years After
Language: en
Pages: 504
Authors: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Categories: African Americans
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Unintended Consequences of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act
Language: en
Pages: 92
Authors: Edward Blum
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: A E I Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book highlight the real-world consequences of the changes to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Edward Blum draws on public records, press accounts, and ex