Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
Room 122, Diamond Bldg., Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, MEAri Berman, contributing writer, The Nation magazine, and investigative journalism fellow at The Nation Institute, charts both the transformation of American democracy under the Voting Rights Amendment and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit voting rights. The act enfranchised millions of Americans and is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. And yet, […]