One person, no vote : how voter suppression is destroying our democracy /
Carol Anderson ; foreword by Senator Dick Durbin.
- xi, 271 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-254) and index.
A history of disfranchisement -- Voter ID -- Voter roll purge -- Rigging the rules -- The Resistance -- At the crossroads of half slave, half free.
Chronicles the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the Supreme Court's landmark decision in 2013, Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 2 (2013), which allowed districts to change voting requirements without approval from the Department of Justice
9781635571370 (hardcover) 1635571375 (hardcover)
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