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The adoption of the landmark Voting Privileges Work in 1965 enfranchised an incredible number of Americans which is widely thought to be the crowning success of the civil rights movement. Yet fifty years later, we are still fighting heated fights over contest, representation, and politics power - in the to vote, the central pillar of your democracy. A groundbreaking narrative record of voting rights since 1965, Give Us the Ballot tells the storyline of what occurred after the action was transferred. Through meticulous archival research, fresh interviews with the leading members in the ongoing struggle, and incisive on-the-ground reporting, Ari Berman chronicles the transformative impact the action experienced on American democracy and investigates the way the fight in the to vote has continuing in the decades since. From new ways of keep minorities from the voting booth to cynical attempts to limit politics representation by gerrymandering electoral districts to the Supreme Court's recent stunning decision that announced a key area of the Voting Rights Work itself unconstitutional, Berman tells the dramatic account of the pitched competition over the very heart of your democracy. At this important historical point in time, Give Us the Ballot brings new perception to one of the most vital politics and civil rights issues of your time.
