Give Us the Ballot
Title | Give Us the Ballot PDF eBook |
Author | Ari Berman |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2015-08-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0374711496 |
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.
The Ballot Discussed
Title | The Ballot Discussed PDF eBook |
Author | George Nugent Grenville Baron Nugent |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 1837 |
Genre | Ballot |
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The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham, Etc
Title | The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Duke of Buckingham and Chandos |
Publisher | |
Pages | 76 |
Release | 1837 |
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The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham. [With Newspaper-cuttings Inserted.]
Title | The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham. [With Newspaper-cuttings Inserted.] PDF eBook |
Author | George Nugent Temple GRENVILLE (Baron Nugent.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1837 |
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The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham
Title | The Ballot Discussed, in a Letter to the Earl of Durham PDF eBook |
Author | George Grenville |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2024-09-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3385610974 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.
Securing the Vote
Title | Securing the Vote PDF eBook |
Author | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2018-09-30 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 030947647X |
During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.
Brave New Ballot
Title | Brave New Ballot PDF eBook |
Author | Aviel D. Rubin |
Publisher | Random House Digital, Inc. |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Political Science |
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